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Exhibition  and  Celebration 


TO    COMMEMORATE 


The  Fiftieth  Anniversary 


OF  THE 


Emancipation  of  The  Negro 

HELD  AT  THE 

Coliseum,  Chicago,  Illinois 

August    22nd,    to   September   16th, 

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INTRODUCTION. 

In  the  fall  of  the  year  1911,  at  the  suggestion  of  the  Rev.  Archibald 
J.  Carey,  there  was  held  in  Bethel  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago,  Illinois,  a 
"Miniature  Exposition"  of  the  achievements  of  the  Negro  along  the  lines 
of  arts  and  crafts.  The  Rev.  Carey  was  president,  Thomas  Wallace  Swann 
manager  and  Morris  Lewis  secretary. 

There  were  present  during  this  exhibition  such  distinguished  visitors 
as  Charles  S.  Deneen,  then  Governor  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  Adjutant 
General  P.  S.  Dickson,  and  Colonel  Nathan  William  McChesney. 

This  most  enlightening  and  successful  attempt  gave  birth  to  the  idea 
of  a  State  Exposition.  Dr.  Carey  introduced  resolutions  in  the  Chicago 
Annual  Conference  of  the  A.  M.  E.  Church  that  the  State  Legislature 
be  asked  to  contribute  toward  a  celebration  of  the  50th  anniversary  of 
the  issuance  of  the  Emancipation  Proclamation,  which  was  originally  to 
have  taken  place  in  1913.  The  presiding  Bishop  Benjamin  F.  Lee  ap- 
pointed a  committee  with  Dr.  Carey  as  chairman  and  Mr.  Swann  secre- 
tary to  continue  work  toward  the  furtherance  of  plans  for  the  Exposition. 
These  plans  were  finally  presented  to  the  Illinois  State  Legislature 
through  Major  R.  R.  Jackson,  then  representing  the  3rd  Senatorial  Dis- 
trict in  the  Lower  House. 

The  result  was  the  passage  of  "House  Bill"  M.  919.  Dr.  Carey 
was  called  to  Springfield  to  consult  with  Governor  Dunne  concerning  the 
project  and  was  then  named  first  of  a  commission  to  conduct  the 
exhibition  and  celebration  to  commemmorate  the  50th  anniversary  of  the 
Emancipation  of  the  Negro,  and  the  following  commission  was  named: 

Rev.  A.  J.   Carey,  D.  D. 
Major  R.  R.  Jackson. 
Rt.  Rev.  Samuel  Fallows,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 
Hon.  Joseph  Medill  McCormick. 
Maj.    George   W.    Ford. 
Hon.  W.   Duff  Piercy. 
Mrs.  Susan  Jorgendahl. 
Hon.  John  Dailey. 
G6~v.  E.  F.  Dunne,  Ex-Officio. 

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THE    ILLINOIS     (NATIONAL)     HALF-CENTURY    ANNIVERSARY    OF 

NEGRO    FREEDOM. 

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I. 

The  Declaration  of  Independence  and  the  Emancipation  Proclama- 
tion are  two  of  the  greatest  documents  in  the  development  of  human 
liberty.  On  the  first,  Washington  laid  the  foundation  of  the  freest  and 
greatest  Democracy  on  earth.  Through  the  second,  Lincoln  extended  the 
freedom  and  opportunities  of  this  Democracy  to  the  millions  of  Negroes 
who  for  two  and  one  half  centuries  had  been  subject  to  the  cruelties  and 
injustice  of  inhuman  slavery. 

Few  realized  how  vital  were  the  dangers  of  American  slavery,  until 
the  time  when  its  abolition  was  indispensable  to  the  peace  and  perpetuity 
of  the  Union  of  the  American  States. 

For  two  hundred  and  fifty  years,  the  intellectual,  moral  and  social 
evils  of  slavery  withered  and  corrupted  every  phase  of  American  thought 
and  life.  So  far-reaching  were  its  baneful  and  blighting  influences,  that 
in  many  forms  they  still  linger  to  plague  and  endanger  the  Nation. 

From  '61  to  '65  the  abolition  of  physical  slavery  exacted  of  the 
Nation  a  terrible  toll  of  agony,  treasure  and  life.  This  was  the  price, 
only  in  part,  which  justice  then  demanded  for  the  physical  wrongs  which 
the  Nation  had  done  the  Negro. 

That  the  American  Nation  was  able  to  free  the  slave,  pay  this 
price  and  live,  is  one  of  the  most  striking  and  phenomenal  facts  in  polit- 
ical achievements;  therefore  the  celebration  of  the  Fiftieth  Anniversary 
of  American  Bondmen,  practically  consummated  in  '65,  is  a  national 
event  of  the  broadest  human  interest. 

In  the  galazy  of  orilliant  men  who  contributed  so  much  to  this  new 
estate,  the  name  of  Abraham  Lincoln  stands  pre-eminent.  To  his  polit- 
ical genius,  more  than  to  any  single  factor,  the  Nation  is  indebted 
for  the  preservation  of  the  Union  with  Negro  freedom.  While  Lincoln 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  and  lived  in  Indiana,  yet  it  was  Illinois  that  gave 
him  to  the  country  and  to  the  world.  It  is  peculiarly  fitting,  therefore, 
that  a  great  celebration  should  be  held  in  this  State. 

II. 

In  numbers  too  large  to  mention,  the  importance  and  significance 
of  such  a  celebration  is  appreciated  by  the  people  of  Illinois.  While  five 
years  before  Governor  Deneen  had  emphasized  in  a  public  address,  the 
educational  value  of  the  Half-Century  Exposition  idea,  to  allay  race 
prejudice,  growing  out  of  a  widespread  unfamiliarity  with  the  Negro's 
general  social  progress,  it  was  the  good  fortune  of  Governor  Dunne  and 
the  48th  Illinois  General  Assembly  to  consummate  practically  this  noble 
and  beneficent  enterprise,  by  the  passage  of  a  bill  creating  a  commission 
and  making  an  appropriation  for  an  Exhiihtion  and  Celebration  to  be 
held  in  the  year  1915. 


"HOUSE  BILL  NO.  919. 


For  an  act  providing  for  an  exhibition  and  celebration  to  commemorate 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  emancipation  of  the  Negro,  creating  a 

commission  to  conduct  same  and  making  an  appropriation  therefor. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  there  is  hereby  created  a  com- 
mission to  consist  of  the  Governor  and  eight  other  persons,  residents  ot 
the  State  of  Illinois,  two  of  whom  shall  be  members  of  the  Senate  and 
two  of  the  House  of  Representatives  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  all  of  whom 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  Governor,  to  arrange  for  and  conduct  during 
the  year  1915,  at  a  place  to  be  selected  by  said  commission,  an  exhibition 
and  celebration  to  commemorate  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  freeing 
of  the  Negro  from  slavery.  Such  exhibition  and  celebration  shall  be  so 
conducted  as  to  show  the  industrial,  educational  and  religious  progress 
of  the  negro  inhabitants  of  this  commonwealth.  The  commission  shall 
serve  without  compensation,  but  shall  be  allowed  such  expense  for  trav- 
eling, clerical  help,  stenographers  and  necessary  employes  as  shall  be 
actually  and  necessarily  incurred  in  the  performance  of  its  duty:  Pro- 
vided, however,  that  the  secretary  of  said  commission,  who  shall  be 
elected  by  said  'commission,  and  who  may  or  may  not  be  a  member  of 
said  commission,  shall  receive  such  reasonable  compensation  as  shall  be 
determined  upon  and  fixed  by  said  commission.  Said  commission  shall 
have  full  power  and  authority  to  collect,  maintain  and  properly  house  and 
exhibit,  and  pay  the  expenses  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  To  carry  out  the  purposes  of  this  act  the  sum  of  $25,000, 
or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  is  hereby  appropriated.  That 
the  said  commission  shall  be  allowed  the  use  of  the  $25,000  thus  ap- 
propriated, a  sum  not  to  exceed  $3,000  for  the  collection  and  printing 
for  free  distribution  a  suitable  compilation  showing  the  progress  thus 
far  achieved  by  the  Negroes  of  Illinois  during  the  past  50  years.  All 
payments  shall  be  made  on  warrants  of  the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts 
on  vouchers  of  the  commission  approved  by  him. 

Sec.  3.  As  soon  after  the  organization  of  the  commission,  notice 
shall  be  filed  with  the  State  Treasurer  and  State  Auditor  of  Public  Ac- 
counts of  the  election  of  the  officers  of  said  commission  who,  from  time 
to  time,  shall  be  authorized  through  the  president  and  secretary  of  said 
commission,  to  draw  warrants  on  the  State  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts 
for  surch  salaries  or  expanses  incurred  by  the  state  commission,  such  war- 
rants, however,  to  be  subject  to  approval  of  the  Governor  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  of  Illinois  is  hereby  directed 
and  empowered  to  pay  the  same. 

Sec.  4.  The  Commission  shall  annually  make  a  report  to  the  Gov- 
ernor, and  within  60  days  after  the  close  of  its  exhibition  the  Commis- 
sion shall  make  a  complete  report  and  statement  of  all  its  doings,  which 
shall  include  all  exhibits  and  representations  made,  and  the  awards  made 
on  such  exhibits,  if  any,  and  such  other  matters  as  the  Commission  may 
dee  mof  value  to  the  State  of  Illinois,  together  with  a  list  of  all  receipts 

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and  disbursements,  with  complete  vouchers  therefor.  The  Commission 
shall  keep  a  strict  account  of  its  receipts  and  disbursements. 

Sec.  5.  The  Commission  shall  in  no  manner  create  or  incur  any 
idebtedness  or  obligation  in  behalf  of  the  State  of  Illinois  in  excess  of 
any  appropriation  herein  made. 

Approved  June  27,  1913." 

COMMISSION  APPOINTED. 

The  following  Commission  was  appointed  by  Governor  Edward  F. 
Dunne  July  1,  1913: 

Right  Reverend  Samuel  Fallows,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  president;  Mrs. 
Susan  Lawrence  Joergen-Dahl,  vice-president;  Maj.  Geo.  W.  Ford,  treas- 
urer; Rev.  A.  J.  Carey,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D.,  Hon.  John  Dailey,  Hon.  W.  Duff 
Piercy.  Hon.  R.  R.  Jackson,  Hon.  Medill  McCormick;  Thomas  Wallace 
Swann,  secretary. 

"An  act  for  an  appropriation  to  the  Illinois  Commission  for  the 
observance  of  the  Half-Contury  Anniversary  of  Negro  Freedom, 
as  provided  for  by  an  act  approved  June  27,  1913. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thous- 
and ($25.000)  dollars  be  and  hereby  is  appropriated  under  the  terms  of 
this  act  to  be  expended  as  herein  provided  by  the  Commission  authorized 
and  appointed  under  an  act  entitled  "An  act  providing  for  an  exhibition 
an  celebration  to  'commemorate  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  emancipa- 
tion of  the  Negro,  creating  a  commission  to  conduct  same,  and  making 
an  appropriation  therefor,'  approved  June  27,  1913. 

2.  Only  so  much  of  the  said  appropriation  of  $25,000  to  the  Negro 
Emancipation  Celebration  Commission  shall  be  paid  from  the  state  treas- 
ury as  ?hall   equal  the  sum   raised  by   subscriptions,   leases,   concessions 
and  from  other  sources  and  paid  in  cash  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Commis- 
sion by  said  Commission  up  to  August  15,   1915,  and  the  question  as  to 
the  amount  so  raised  shall  be  determined  and  certified  by  the  Governor. 
And  the  Commission  shall  in  no  manner  create  or  incur  any  indebtedness 
or  obligation  on  behalf  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  nor  expend  any  funds  of 
the  s-tate  other  than  in  the  manner  provided  for  herein. 

3.  The   Auditor  of   Public   Accounts   is   hereby   authorized   to    draw 
his, warrant  upon  the  State  Treasurer  for  the  sum  specified  in  this  act 
on  bills  of  particulars  certified  to  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the 
Illinois  Commission    (National)    and  approved  by  the  Governor,   and  the 
State  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  the  same  out 
of  any  funds  in  the  treasury  not  notherwise  appropriated. 

Approved  June  29,  1915." 

III. 

The  Illinois  Commission  for  the  observance  of  the  Half-Century 
Anniversary  of  Negro  Freedom  held  its  first  meeting  in  the  Executive 
Chamber,  Capitol  Building,  July  2.  1913,  at  4  P.  M.,  Governor  Dunne 
presiding. 

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The  members  present  were  Governor  Edward  F.  Dunne,  Rt.  Rev. 
Samuel  Fallows,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Mrs.  Susan  Lawrence  Joergen-Dahl, 
Major  George  W.  Ford,  Rev.  Archibald  James  Carey,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  Sen- 
ator John  Dailey. 

The  Governor  stated  the  purpose  of  the  meeting  and  the  officers  were 
elected  as  follows: 

Rt.  Rev.  Samuel  Fallows,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President. 
Mrs.   Susan  Lawrence  Joergen-Dahl,  Vice-President. 
Major  George  W.  Ford,  Treasurer. 
The  Rev.  A.  J.  Carey,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D. 
Hon.  W.   Duff  Piercy. 
Hon.  R.  R.  Jackson. 
Hon.  John  Dailey. 
Hon.   Medill   McCormick. 
Thomas  Wallace  Swann,  Secretary. 

Mrs.  Joergen-Dahl's  resignation  because  of  ill  health  was  later  sor- 
rowfully accepted  and  Hon.  John  Dailey  voted  to  fill  her  place. 

Thus  was  taken  the  initial  step  which  resulted  in  the  bringing  of 
nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million  visitors  to  Chicago  during  the  short  space 
of  time  between  August  22nd  and  September  16th,  1915,  as  visitors  to 
the  Exposition  which  was  held  at  that  time  in  the  Coliseum. 

Mr.  Wm.  C.  Niblack.   representing  the  Commission,  extended  an  in- 
vitation  to  the   President  of  the  United   States  in   person   to   be   present 
and  open  the  Exposition.      The  President  spoke  favorably  of  the  under- 
taking and  promised  to  consider  the  invitation.      However  the  year  1914 
stands  out  in  relief  in  the  hearts  of  Americans  as  one  which  precipitated 
the  nation  into  matters  of  such  grave  importance  as  to  forbid  the  Presi- 
dent's participating. 
THE    WHITE    HOUSE 
Washington 

August  13,  1915 
My  dear  Mr.  Niblack: 

I  have  your  letter  of  July  twenty-third  and  wish  most  unaffectedly 
that  it  were  possible  for  me  to  be  present  at  the  opening  of  the  Lincoln 
Jubilee  and  Half-Century  Exposition  to  be  held  at  the  Coliseum,  Chicago, 
the  latter  part  of  this  month,  but  I  think  that  you  will  understand  that 
the  pressure  of  matters  which  need  my  constant  attention  renders  it 
practically  impossible. 

Will  you  not  express  to  the  managers  of  the  Jubilee  my  sincere 
appreciation  of  their  kind  invitation  and  my  genuine  regret  that  circum- 
stances render  it  impossible  for  me  to  be  present? 

Cordially  and  sincerely  yours, 

WOODROW   WILSON. 
Mr.  William  C.  Niblack, 
Title  and  Trust  Building, 
Chicago,   Illinois. 

IV. 

Mrs.  George  W.  Davis  sugested  a  Tag  Day  as  a  means  of  raising 
funds  for  the  carrying  on  of  the  Exposition.  This  suggestion  was  car- 

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ried  out  by  the  passage  of  an  ordinance  by  the  City  Council.  The  man- 
agement of  the  Tag  Day  was  left  in  the  hands  of  Mrs.  Davis  and  Dr.  Mary 
Fitzbutler  Waring. 

On  July  24,  in  accordance  with  the  city  ordinance,  taggers  were 
stationed  in  all  parts  of  the  city.  The  return  of  the  day  amounted  to 
$709.74. 

V. 

EXHIBITS    AND    EXHIBITORS. 

Already  the  poems  of  Dunbar  and  Braithwaite,  the  essays  of  Miller 
and  Grinke,  the  music  of  Rosamond  Johnson,  and  the  paintings  of  Tan- 
ner are  the  property  of  the  nation  and  the  world.  Instead  of  being  led 
and  defended  by  others  as  in  the  past,  they  are  gaining  their  own  leaders, 
their  own  voices,  their  own  ideals.  Self-realization  is  thus  coming  slowly 
but  surely  to  another  of  the  world's  great  races  and  they  are  to-day 
girding  themselves  to  fight  in  the  van  of  progress,  not  simply  for  their 
own  rights  as  men  but  for  the  ideals  of  the  greater  world  in  which  they 
live;  the  emancipation  of  women,  universal  peace,  democratic  govern- 
ment, the  socialization  of  wealth  and  human  brotherhood. 

— DuBois. 

Relating  to  the  matter  of  exhibits  and  exhibitors,  for  quality,  quan- 
tity of  exhibits,  the  character  of  exhibitors  and  caretakers  the  National 
Half-Century  Anniversary  Exposition  ranks  first  class  in  affairs  of  its 
kind.  As  expressed  in  the  final  report  of  the  chief  Field  Agent,  "This 
fact  is  attested  to  beyond  any  reasonable  doubt."  The  press  all  over  the 
country  was  unanimous  in  its  praise  regarding  the  character  of  the  ex- 
hibits and  their  value  from  an  educational  standpoint.  The  public  at 
large  expressed  itself  as  having  become  better  acquainted  with  the  Negro 
race,  its  accomplishment  and  future  possibilities  by  their  attendance  at 
this  Exposition  than  at  any  time  in  the  history  of  like  affairs. 

In  order  to  accomplish  the  stupenduous  undertaking  toward  which 
the  Commission  had  set  its  zeal,  the  members  realized  that  funds  much 
in  excess  of  the  amount  hoped  for  from  the  State  Legislature  must  be 
available.  To  this  end  the  Commission  set  about  to  accomplish  the  task 
of  interesting  neighboring  legislatures  in  the  advisability  of  co-operating 
with  the  Illinois  Commission  and  placing  at  the  disposal  of  the  Negroes 
in  their  several  states,  appropriations  which  would  enable  them  to  make 
a  creditable  showing  along  with  Illinois  at  this  time. 

Appropriations  were  received  from  the  states  of  Michigan,  Ohio  and 
Wisconsin.  Further  appropriations  came  from  the  B.  M.  C.  of  G.  U. 
O.  O.  F.,  and  from  the  Board  of  Education  of  Chicago  $1,000,  whereby 
the  colored  children  of  the  city  could  make  a  demonstration  of  their 
accomplishments.  These  appropriations  aggregated  a  total  of  $14,000 
in  addition  to  the  appropriations  from  the  Illinois  Legislature. 

Efforts  in  other  directions,  while  unsuccessful  in  getting  appropria- 
tions, awakened  a  number  of  states  to  the  realization  that  something 
should  be  done  whereby  they  could  have  a  part  in  this  unique  exhibit. 

Most  appreciative  mention  may  here  be  made  of  the  unflinching 
struggle  made  by  Senator  J.  Hamilton  Lewis,  Senator  Sherman  and  Con- 

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gressman  Martin  B.  Madden  in  behalf  of  the  Commission  for  an  ap- 
propriation from  the  National  Government.  The  international  character 
of  the  Exposition  had  seemed  to  warrant  such  action  unquestionably. 
According  to  the  secretary  of  the  Commission  there  were  two  incidents 
which  operated  against  the  appropriation. 

(1)  The  fight  against  the  Howard  University  appropriation   ($101,- 
000)   and, 

(2)  The  uncompromising  opposition  of  five  Southern  senators  to  the 
Negro.     "These  five  men,"  in  the  terse  statement  of  Senator  Lewis,  "are 
not  normal  upon  any  question  pertaining  to  the  Negro." 

Much  credit  should  be  given  to  the  citizens  of  Kansas,  who,  failing 
to  receive  an  appropriation  from  the  Legislature,  formed  an  organization 
and  by  private  subscription  raised  the  funds  which  brought  to  the  Exposi- 
tion such  a  splendid  accumulation  of  exhibits  and  enthusiastic  entertain- 
ment on  Kansas  Day. 

Indiana,  too,  losing  in  an  effort  for  an  appropriation,  was  re-awakened 
by  the  continued  enthusiasm  of  the  committees  and  with  the  co-operation 
of  the  Indiana  Federation  of  Colored  Women's  Clubs,  was  brought  that 
splendid  exhibit  from  Indiana  without  any  other  funds  than  such  as  these 
women  could  volunteer  themselves. 

Exhibits  were  also  sent  under  the  supervision  of  commissions  from 
Arkansas,  Georgia,  Iowa.  Kentucky,  and  Tennessee. 

The  wonderful  exhibit  from  Liberia  was  under  the  supervision  of 
Prof.  Frederick  A.  Starr  .of  the  University  of  Chicago,  who  received  his 
commission  from  the  Liberian  government. 

Twenty-five  other  states,  the  Dominion  of  Canada  and  South  Africa, 
through  the  courtesy  of  the  M.  E.  Church  and  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Society,  sent  their  contributions  of  exhibits. 

The  Lincoln  exhibit,  which  was  loaned  by  Mr.  Charles  F.  Gunther 
of  Chicago  and  which  attracted  the  attention  of  thousands  to.  the  Coli- 
seum, was  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  Gunther  and  his  own  corps  of 
assistants. 

The  Illinois  Central  R.  R.,  through  their  chief  photographer,  Mr. 
D.  H.  Milton,  sent  a  splendid  contribution  in  the  way  of  special  pictures 
showing  Lincoln's  home  and  surroundings  and  the  industries  of  the 
Southern  Negro  and  his  great  advancement. 

A  great  number  of  expressions  of  thanks  were  received  for  the 
splendid  care  and  prompt  return  of  individual  and  collective  contribu- 
tions and  the  percentage  of  complaints  was  very  low. 

These  exhibits,  coming  as  they  did  from  more  than  two-thirds  of  the 
states  in  the  Union,  from  Canada,  North  and  South  Africa,  were  repre- 
sentative of  the  work  of  the  Negro  and  his  advancement  along  the  line 
of  art,  literature  and  science,  inventions,  agriculture,  mechanics,  manu- 
facturing and  domesticity.  Advancement  along  these  lines  was  shown 
in  quantity,  variety  and  quality  such  as  to  be  indicative  of  the  splendid 
rise  from  slavery  to  independent  knowledge  and  activity  generally. 

DEMONSTRATIONS. 

The  operative  character  of  the  Exposition  was  displayed  in  the  as- 
semblage on  the  floor  of  such  demonstrations  as  the  wireless  telegraph, 

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flashing  messages  to  Washington  by  the  Negro  operator,  Alonzo  Thomas 
of  New  Jersey;  Elijah  McCoy's  lubricator,  Michigan  Morgan's  safety  de- 
vice, Ohio;  Baker's  friction  heater,  Missouri;  the  Lambert  Feather  Com- 
pany and  Morgan  Hat  Shop,  Chicago;  Robinson's  car-wheel  patent,  Illi- 
nois; Hill  and  Bailey's  decorative  plastering,  Georgia;  Snyder  Jones' 
safety  window  lock,  East  Chicago. 

The  activities  of  the  city  of  Mound  Bayou,  Mississippi,  a  place  pop- 
ulated and  controlled  by  Negroes;  the  No-Water  Vapor  Company  of  Chi- 
cago; the  Wallace  Bakery  of  Chicago  and  the  famous  beaten  biscuit  of 
Annfe  Fisher  of  Missouri;  the  Overton  Manufacturing  Company  of  Chi- 
cago; the  Lidrington  Rug  Manufacturing;  the  Orms'  Crocheting;  the  Da- 
vis' embroidery;  the  Margaret  Anderson  China  paintings;  the  Woodley 
and  Bishop  Schools  of  Dressmaking;  the  Balard  Photography;  the  Ohio 
School  of  Botany;  the  Manual  Training  and  Domestic  Science  Depart- 
ments of  the  Chicago  Public  Schools;  the  Out-Door  Department  of  the 
Cook  County  School  System;  the  Manual  Training  Department  of  the 
Chicago  Public  Schools;  the  Out-Door  Department  of  the  Cook  County 
Louise  Training  School  for  Colored  Boys,  Chicago;  safety  drills  and 
first  aids  given  by  the  Madison  County  Coal  Company  miners  under  the 
direction  of  Dr.  A.  W.  Springs  of  Dewmaine,  Illinois.  These  together 
with  the  Emergency  Hospital  taking  care  of  every  case  needing  attention 
during  the  existence  of  the  Exposition  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  M. 
Grant  Dailey  and  the  able  superintendence  of  Mrs.  Rosa  Snowden,  trained 
nurse  of  the  Cook  County  Hospital  and  the  Rest  Room  equipped  and 
managed  by  the  ladies  of  the  O.  E.  S.  were  all  made  a  matter  of  living 
history  by  the  moving  pictures  taken  under  the  able  direction  of  Peter 
P.  Jones  of  Chicago. 

There  were  congresses  and  exhibits  representing  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
movement  among  the  Negro  people,  and  a  Roman  Catholic  exhibit  de- 
picting in  pictured,  painted  and  sculpured  forms  the  marvelous  progress 
this  great  branch  of  the  Christian  church  is  making  among  its  American 
Negro  communicants. 

John  Brown's  daughter  exhibited  a  lock  of  her  father's  hair  and  a 
model  of  a  fort  constructed  by  him. 

There  was  also  on  exhibit  a  box  used  in  the  transportation  of  slaves 
on  the  Underground  Railway. 

The  demonstrations  mentioned  however,  do  not  by  any  means  com- 
plete the  splendid  list  of  exhibits  which  literally  crowded  all  the  available 
space  in  the  Coliseum.  These  are  included  in  a  list  of  approximately 
twenty  thousand  items. 


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THE   COMMISSION 

The  Commission  found  at  the  start  of  its  work  that  it  was  necessary 
to  build  from  the  ground  up.  Investigation  showed  that  the  Illinois  State 
Reports  are  almost  bare  of  accurate  facts  concerning  its  Negro  inhabitants. 
Closer  investigation  revealed  that  the  United  States  Census  Reports  do 
not  cover  many  of  the  gainful  occupations  in  which  Illinois  Negroes  are 
engaged. 

Therefore,  a  vigorous  and  industrious  campaign  was  begun.  Its  first 
attention  was  given  to  the  State  of  Illinois  and  its  Negro  people;  thence 
extending  its  operations  throughout  the  entire  American  Nation  and  its 
outlying  possessions;  thence  to  the  Black  Republics  of  Liberia,  Haiti,  and 
to  Santo  Domingo,  to  Abyssinia,  Argentina,  Australia,  Brazil,  Canada, 
Chile.  Cuba,  the  English,  French,  German  and  Danish  possessions,  to 
Madagascar,  New  Zealand  and  to  other  foreign  countries,  where  represent- 
atives of  the  Negro  people  are  to  be  found. 

The  Commission  devoted  itself  almost  exclusively  to  the  work  of  Ad- 
ministration, entrusting  to  the  Executive  Committee,  the  detailed  execu- 
tion of  its  plans.  Every  member  of  the  Commission  has  been  compelled 
to  make  individual  sacrifices  of  time  and  effort  in  order  to  more  com- 
pletely conserve  its  work. 

Many  visitations  were  made  by  Individual  Commissioners  to  distant 
points,  inspecting  similar  Expositions  for  the  purpose  of  securing  exhibits, 
and  for  the  procurement  of  appropriations  from  friendly  State  Legisla- 
tures and  the  National  Congress. 

In  each  instance,  it  was  necessary  for  each  Commissioner  to  cover  a 
total  of  two  thousand  (2,000)  miles  or  more  and  to  be  away  from  his 
individual  vocation  for  a  period  sometimes  totaling  an  entire  week,  and  in 
instances  a  much  longer  period. 

These  Commissioners  serve  without  pay  of  any  sort.  The  Act  of  the 
Legislature  (H.  B.  919)  especially  stipulates  that  "The  Commission  shall 
serve  without  compensation,  but  shall  be  allowed  such  hotel,  railroad 
and  traveling  expenses  as  may  be  actually  and  necessarily  incurred  in  the 
performance  of  its  duties."  Nevertheless,  the  record  of  their  services 
shows  without  exception  that  they  have  fully  discharged  their  obligations 
to  the  State  by  prompt  attendance  and  faithful  and  intelligent  apprecia- 
tion of  the  work  which  is  committed  to  their  hands. 

EXPOSITION    NATIONAL   AND   INTERNATIONAL,   IN    SCOPE. 

The  initial  idea  as  expressed  in  the  Appropriation  Bill  creating  this 
Commission  was  to  give  an  Exposition  of  the  progress  made  by  the  Ne- 
groes of  Illinois  since  their  Emancipation.  As  soon  as  the  operations  of 
this  Commission  became  generally  known,  a  demand  for  a  celebration, 

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both  National  and  Intel-national  in  scope,  became  insistent.  Early  in 
December,  His  Excellency,  Honorable  Woodrow  Wilson,  President  of  the 
United  States,  accepted  the  office  of  patron,  with  the  understanding  that 
the  epochal  event  which  this  movement  was  designed  to  celebrate  would 
in"  every  essential  degree  be  worthy  of  his  consideration. 

•It  will  be  remembered  in  this  connection  that  President  Wilson 
(while  Governor  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey)  had  originated  the  bill 
authorizing  a  fitting  celebration  of  the  signing  of  the  Emancipation  Procla- 
mation. 

Similar  appropriations  were  made  by  the  Legislatures  of  the  ad- 
joining States  of  New  York  and  Pennsylvania  for  purely  State  expositions. 
The  three  celebrations  were  held  during  the  months  of  September  and 
October  (1913).  They  attracted  much  attention  but  failed  to  secure  na- 
tion wide  interest,  primarily  because  of  the  lack  of  funds  and  time  to 
make  proper  preparations. 

This  Commission  was  represented  at  each  of  these  separate  celebra- 
tions and  became  thoroughly  imbued  with  the  wisdom  and  necessity  of 
extending  the  scope  of  the  1915  celebration.  Illinois  is  the  shrine  of  the 
Immortal  Emancipator,  the  scene  of  his  first  contribution  to  the  struggle 
for  Human  Rights,  the  field  where  were  enacted  many  of  the  most  notable 
events  in  the  drama  for  Negro  Freedom.  It  is  the  home  of  many  of  the 
most  noble  pioneers  in  this  history  changing  event.  A  still  more  prac- 
tical reason  impelled  the  change.  The  Commission  believed  that  the 
general  idea  underlying  its  work  could  be  best  conserved  by  gathering 
the  fruits  of  the  Freedmen  everywhere  and  by  comparative  analysis  this 
unequaled  visible  demonstration  of  universal,  progressive  effort,  would 
act  as  an  impetus  to  spur  the  Illinois  Negro  forward  to  still  greater  in- 
dustry and  achievement.  This  in  itself  warrants  and  makes  imperative 
the  appeal  for  assistance  from  friendly  State  Legislatures  and  from  the 
National  Congress. 

FOREMOST   WORLD   WORKERS    INTERESTED    IN    EXPOSITION. 

The  roster  of  Honorary  Vice  Presidents  and  members  of  the  Advisory 
Board  witnessed  a  notable  increase  with  the  addition  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States.  It  includes  such  names  as  His  Eminence,  Cardinal 
Gibbons,  Rt.  Rev.  Charles  P.  Anderson,  Andrew  Carnegie,  Bishop  W.  F. 
McDowell,  Hon.  Charles  S.  Deneen,  Miss  Jane  Addams,  Hon.  James  Ham- 
ilton Lewis,  Rev.  John  Timothy  Stone,  Bishop  Henry  M.  Turner,  Mrs. 
Ella  Flagg  Young,  Dr.  W.  E.  B.  DuBois,  Bishop  Wilbur  P.  Thirkield,  Rev. 
Francis  E.  Clark,  Hon.  Lawrence  Y.  Sherman,  Bishop  Alexander  Wal- 
ters, Mrs.  Victor  F.  Lawson,  Dr.  Emil  G.  Hirsch,  Judge  Robert  S.  Hud- 
spth,  Dr.  F.  W.  Gunsaulus,  Hon.  Richard  T.  Greener,  Mrs.  Charles  Hen- 
rotin,  Mrs.  Inez  Rodgers  Deach,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  A.  Reed,  Mrs.  Booker  T. 
Washington,  Rev.  Johnston  Myers,  Prof.  Kelly  Miller,  Miss  Mary  Mc- 
Dowell, Hon.  John  Edward  Bruce,  Miss  Nannie  Burroughs,  Hon.  John 
Wanamaker,  Mrs.  Ira  Nelson  Morris,  Dr.  N.  F.  Mossell,  Hon.  Moses  E. 
Clapp,  Mrs.  Ruth  Hannah  McCormfck,  Bishop  L.  H.  Holsey,  Hon.  Louis 
F.  Post,  Rev.  John  Balcom  Shaw,  Miss  Frances  E.  Still,  Rev.  Charles  R. 
Uncles,  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Tolbert,  Rev.  Edward  Thompson,  Dr.  Phillip  J. 
Alston,  George  William  Cook,  Mrs.  Harriet  Gibbs  Marshall,  Mrs.  Eloise 

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Bibb  Thompson,  Charles  W.  Anderson,  Mrs.  Edwin  Sidney  Williams,  Rev, 
H.  L.  McCrorey,  George  L.  Knox,  Mrs.  M.  C.  B.  Mason,  John  F.  More- 
land,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Napier,  John  L.  Thompson,  Mrs.  Olive  Black  Wheland, 
Albert  H.  Putney,  Rabbi  Joseph  Stolz.  Mrs.  Henry  E.  Stewart,  Dr.  Caro- 
line V.  Anderson,  Hon.  Charles  E.  Merriam,  Hon  Luke  Lea,  Col.  -Frank 
O.  Lowden,  Mrs.  Ida  Jackson,  Hon.  Raymond  Robins,  and  numerous 
others  in  the  United  States. 

Among  the  prominent  world  workers  living  in  foreign  lands  we 
received  valuable  co-operation  from  Hon.  W.  F.  Frear,  Governor  of  Ha- 
waii; Hon.  A.  Cameron  Forbes,  former  Governor-General  of  the  Philip- 
pine Islands;  Hon.  Daniel  E.  Howard,  President  of  the  Liberian  Republic; 
Bishop  J.  T.  Hartzell,  Rhodesia,  Africa;  Miss  Ira  Aldridge,  England; 
Bishop  John  L.  Nuelson,  Switzerland;  Hon  J.  C.  Carter,  Madagascar;  Dr. 
J.  N.  Love,  Jamaica;  Duse  Mohamed,  England;  Moses  de  Rocha,  South 
Africa;  Mr.  H.  O.  Tanner,  Paris;  Hon.  J.  J.  Massiah,  Jamaica;  Dr.  L.  W. 
Livingston,  Haiti;  Alfred  Aoga,  South  Africa;  Hon.  P.  D.  Z.  Peregrine, 
South  Africa;  Alexander  M.  Thackera,  Berlin;  Hon.  Julius  G.  Ray,  Rio 
de  Janeiro;  Hon.  C.  B.  Curtis,  Santo  Domingo;  Hon.  Jacob  E.  Connor, 
St.  Petersburg;  John  P.  Jewell,  Vladivostok;  Hon  James  J.  Dassen, 
Chief  Justice  Supreme  Court,  Liberian  Republic;  Rt.  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Fer- 
guson, Monrovia;  Felix  Fernandez,  Cuba;  Hon.  William  J.  Yerby,  Sierra 
Leone;  Senor  Merrill  Griffith,  Pernambuco;  George  H.  Pickerell,  Para; 
David  R.  Birch,  Bahia;  B.  F.  Conley,  Canal  Zone,  Panama;  F.  H.  Conway, 
Honolulu;  Senor  Julio  Ernst,  Argentina;  F.  H.  DeVinney,  Tokio,  Japan; 
Eduard  S.  Butz,  N.  S.  Wv  Australia;  Senor  Adolf o  Asthesiano,  Brazil; 
F.  B.  Armitage,  Natal,  3.  A.;  H.  Beck,  British  Guinea;  Leopold  Benezoi, 
Florence,  Italy;  L.  Conradi,  Hamburg,  Germany;  P.  Christensen,  Copen- 
hagen, Denmark;  J.  M.  Cole,  New  Zealand;  G.  H.  Clark,  Cape  Town,  S.  A.; 
Senor  Pedro  Cruz.  Cuba;  H.  Ersberger,  Beirut,  Syria;  W.  V.  Furle,  Buda- 
pest, Hungary;  A.  J.  Giron,  Constantinople,  Turkey;  N.  J.  Aallorg,  Ja- 
maica, B.  W.  1.;  E.  M.  Adams,  Manila.  P.  I.;  Dr.  Ulysse  Augsbougre,  Paris; 
Dr.  J.  P.  Badaut,  Switzerland;  Rev.  D.  P.  Boersma,  The  Hague;  Mr.  O.  O. 
Farnsworth,  Saskatchewan,  Canada;  K.  Hahn,  St.  Petersburg,  Russia; 
David  Haylock,  Spanish  Honduras,  S.  A.;  Whang  Djun  Dao,  Hunan,  China; 
Paul  lasi,  Bunoa,  Fiji  Islands,  P.  O.;  H.  M.  Hulden,  Shanghai,  China;  J. 
C.  Guenin,  Costantine,  Algeria;  Dr.  G.  S.  Fisher,  Sydney,  Australia;  Dr. 
J.  H.  Reagan,  Calcutta,  India;  Hon.  John  S.  Durham,  Munich,  Germany, 
and  Dr.  Oscar  Angeros,  Stockholm,  Sweden. 

EXPOSITION  HELiD  IN  CHICAGO  AUGUST,   1»15. 

The  Exposition  was  held  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  opening  on  August 
1st,  1915,  and  continuing  thirty  days.  The  main  exhibit  was  displayed  in 
the  Coliseum  Building.  One  great  feature  of  the  Exposition  was  a  series 
of  great  Congresses,  Religious,  Educational,  Sociological,  Industrial,  Agri- 
cultural and  Miscellaneous.  The  International  Inter-Racial  Congress  was 
a  most  impressive  contribution  toward  the  establishment  of  a  permanent 
peace  between  the  two  races. 

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ESTIMATE     OP     ATTENDANCE      AND     EXPENDITURES     FOR     THE 

BENEEFIT    OF    THE    CITY    DURING    THE    LIFE 

OF  THE   EXPOSITION. 

Estimate  of  amount 
of  money  to  be  ex- 
Attendance,     pended  in  Chicago. 

Attendance  from   Cook  County 390,000  $200,000 

Visitors  from  State  outside  of  county   100,000  


Total  estimate  of  visitors  from  State 490,000 

Delegates    and    vistors'    organizations    invited 

to  meat  in  Chicago  during  the  Exposition      52,000  298,000 

Estimated   to   attend   from   attractions   listed 

below: 

Such  as   President's   week,   Military    week, 

State  days,   etc 300,000  300,000 

Excursionists  en  route  to  Panama  Exposi- 
tion             5,000  50,000 

Excursionists  in  city  during  summer  season      15,000  45,000 


$395,000 


Total,   fex'clu^ng  local  attendance 272,000 

As  given   above 490,000 

Total   estimate   of   attendance.. 862,000  $893,000 

THE    HISTORIC    PAST — THE    LIVING    PRESENT. 

The  management  of  this  Exposition  movement  appreciate  its  mag- 
nificent opportunity  to  do  work  which  may  be  beneficially  reproduced  in 

scores  of  lives.  While  giving  due  attention  to  the  historic  past,  they  are 
mainly  striving  to  focalize  interest  upon  the  LIVING  PRESENT.  They 
will  show  the  actual  advances  of  these  people  verified  by  every  day  evi- 
dences in  shop  and  field,  in  home  and  office,  in  the  kitchen  and  the  school- 
room. The  energy  and  power  of  such  missionary  activity  can  thus  be 
embodied  into  intelligent  information  and  manifold  willing  efforts.  The 
wisdom  gained  by  ordinary  experience  shows  how  few  people  who  talk 
about  the  "Progress  of  the  Negro"  have  'comparatively  and  reliable  knowl- 
edge gained  from  personal  study  and  actual  information  of  the  subject. 
How  few  people  realize  the  tremendous  gain  which  our  Negro  men  and 
women  have  made  in  the  past  fifty  (50)  years  along  the  highroad  of 
human  endeavor?  How  startlingly  illuminating  is  this  incomplete  record 

which  actual  study  of  first  hand  conditions  reveals!  The  following  tables 
may  prove  of  value  in  this  respect: 

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CONDITION    OF    THE    COLORED   RACE — 1863. 

Population,    census    1860:    Slaves,    3,953,760;    Free,    487,970; 

total    4,441,730 

Illiteracy 9  0  % 

Value  of  property,  estimated  at $1,200,000 

Number  of  colleges  and  universities 1 

Number  of  college  graduates,  estimated  at 30 

Number  of  practicing  physicians  and  pharmacists 0 

Number  of  lawyers 0 

Number  of  banks  operated  by  Negroes 0 

Number  of  Negro  towns 0 

Number   of  newspapers 1 

Number  of  churches  owned,  estimated  at 400 

Value  of  church  property $500,000 

Membership  of  Negro  churches,  estimated  at 40,000 

Number  of  children  in  schools,  estimated  at 25,000 

A   HALF   CENTURY   OF   FREEDOM. 
CONDITIONS  OF  THE   COLORED  PEOPLE — 1913. 

Total  Negro  population    (United  States) 9,828,294 

Homes  owned  by  Negroes 500,000 

Churches  owned  by  Negroes 31,393 

Church  membership    3,207,305 

Sunday  Schools 24,380 

Sunday  School  scholars 1,448,570 

Illiteracy,    census    1910 30.5% 

Value  of  property,  estimated  at $1,000,000,000 

Number  of  farms  owned 250,000 

Number  of  college  and  university  graduates 8,000 

Professional  men    75,000 

Number  of  practicing  physicians,  estimated  at 3,500 

Number  of  practicing  lawyers 1,500 

Number  of  business  men.  estimated  at 50,000 

Number  of  children  in  schools 2,000,000 

Number  of  Negro  towns 50 

Number  of  Negro  teachers 30,000 

Land  owned  by  Negroes 20,000,000 

acres  or  31,000  square  miles. 

Drug  stores    300 

General  stores  and  other  industrial  enterprises 20,000 

Newspapers  and  periodicals 398 

Hospitals  and  nurse  training  schools 61 

Banks  owned  by  Negroes 72 

Value  of  church  property $65,000,000 

Insurance  companies    100 

62.2  per  cent  of  all  Negroes  in  the  United  States,   10  years  of  age  and 

over,  are  engaged  in  gainful  occupations. 

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Property  owned  by  Negro  secret  societies $          8,000,000 

Capital  stock  Negro  banks 2,000,000 

Annual  business  done  by  Negro  banks 20,000,000 

LIST  OP  OCCUPATIONS  IN  WHICH  NEGRO  FEMALE  BREAD- 
WINNERS, 16  YEARS  OP  AGE  AND  OVER,  ARE  ENGAGED. 

Number  in 
each  occupation 

All  occupations 1,119,653 

Agricultural  pursuits 434,041 

Agricultural  laboresses    361,804 

Farmers,  planters  and  overseers 71,665 

Other  agricultural   pursuits 572 

Professional  service 15,050 

Actresses,  professional  show-women,  etc 252 

Artists  and  teachers  of  art '.  .  83 

Literary  and  scientific  persons 25 

Musicians  and  teachers  of  music.  . 1,159 

Officials   (Government) 50 

Physicians  and   Surgeons.  .  . 160 

Teachers  and  Professors  in  Colleges,  etc 13,479 

Other  professional   service 307 

Domestic  and  Personal  Service 634,104 

Barbers  and  Hairdressers 981 

Boarding  and  Lodging  Housekeepers 3,576 

Hotel   Keepers    152 

Housekeepers  and  Stewardesses. 9,408 

Janitors  and  Sextons 854 

Laborers    (not  specified) 70,112 

Laundresses 215,043 

Nurses  and  Midwives 18,676 

Servants  and  WaUreise^ 313,091 

Other  domestic  and  personal  service 2,211 

Trade  and  Transportation 3,920 

Agents     265 

P-cokkespers  a^d  Accountants 189 

Clerks  and  Copyists 539 

Merchants  and  Dealers   (except  wholesale) 856 

Packers  and  Shippers 224 

Manufacturing  and  Mechanical  Pursuits 32,073 

Bookbinders    34 

Boot,  Shoe  Makers  and  Repairers 66 

Boxmakers  (paper)    44 

Confectioners    67 

Glovemakers    10 

Gold  and  Silver  Workers 2 

Paper  and  pulp  mill  operatives 25 

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Printers,  Lithographers  and  Presswomen 96 

Rubber  Factory  Operatives 1 

Textile  Mill  Operatives 481 

Carpet  Factory  Operatives 7 

Cotton  Mill  Operatives 289 

Hosiery  and  Knitting  Mill  Operatives 15 

Silk  Mill  Operatives 44 

Woolen   Mill   Operatives 70 

Other  Textile  Mill   Operatives 56 

Textile  Workers 24,389 

Dressmakers    12,421 

Hat  and  Cap  Makers 2 

Milliners    169 

Seamstresses 11,297 

Shirt,  Collar  and  Cuff  Makers 109 

Tailoresses .  301 

Other  Textile  Workers 90 

Tobacco  and  Cigar  Factory  Operatives 4,639 

Other  Manufacturing  and  Mechanical  Pursuits 2,219 

RESEARCH  WORK. 

The  research  work  of  the  Commission  is  perhaps  the  most  substan- 
tially developed  part  of  its  operations.  Information  blanks  have  gone 
and  returned  from  every  part  of  the  world  where  civilized  Negroes  live. 
They  prove  beyond  dispute  that  the  intellectual,  moral  and  spiritual  uplift 
of  this  important  portion  of  the  human  race  exceeds  its  material  growth. 
Especially  is  this  true  in  the  American  Republic,  where  from  former  con- 
tempt and  ridicule,  they  have  passed  to  the  sympathy  and  wonderment 
of  their  white  neighbors,  while  within  their  own  souls  the  Negro  people 
have  arisen  from  apathy  and  self-depreciation  to  more  and  more  just  and 
manly  self-assertion. 

Our  research  develops  that  where  nine-tenths  of  the  colored  people 
could  not  read  nor  write  in  1859,  today  two-thirds  can  do  so.  They,  to- 
day, publish  three  hundred  papers  and  periodicals  and  their  voice  and 
expression  are  receiving  profitable  consideration  among  enlightened  peo- 
ple. Our  records  present  the  most  original  and  striking  collection  of  the 
achievements  of  the  Negro,  past  and  present,  ever  collated. 

This  accurate,  scientific  collation  vindicates  the  lessons  of  history. 
It  is  unmistakable  proof  that  all  mankind  possesses  the  same  fundamental 
human  traits,  and  the  same  innate  capacities.  The  development  of  spe- 
cial or  peculiar  talents  depends  upon  cultural  environment,  and  history 
shows  us  that  this  changes  from  year  to  year  and  century  to  century. 

"LET  US  KEEP  STEP  TO  THE  MUSIC  OP  THE  REPUBLIC." 

The  whole  idea  of  those  who  were  entrusted  with  the  responsibility 
of  managing  the  Illinois  Half-Century  Exposition  is  beautifully  stated  in 
th?  above  injunction  from  Mr.  Lincoln.  Back  of  it  all  this  is  to  be  "A 
LESSON  IN  SIMPLE  AMERICAN  DEMOCRACY!"  The  aim  of  this  ex- 

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position  was  not  to  show  the  prowess  of  one  race  over  the  other.  Far 
from  it.  The  ideal  of  unity  and  co-operation  will  be  all  pervasive.  The 
first  thing  to  do  is  not  to  emphasize  differences,  and  to  formulate  plat- 
forms, tut  to  come  together  in  a  spirit  of  human  brotherhood  and  to 
work  for  those  things  about  which  there  exists  no  difference  of  opinion. 
Moreover,  there  is  nothing  that  begets  suspicion  and  distrust  so  much  as 
ignorance.  We  are  always  dubious  about  the  people  we  do  not  know, 
especially  if  we  have  teen  trained  in  a  traditional  belief  that  they  hold 
wrong  views.  This  inevitably  means  failure  to  understand  each  other, 
and  inability  to  appreciate  the  different  points  of  view.  Many  of  our 
present  ecenomic,  social  and  racial  difficulties  are  due  to  pure  ignorance. 
There  remain,  of  course,  the  real  and  valid  differences,  but  the  only  way 
in  which  these  can  be  appreciated  and  reconciled  is  by  a  better  under- 
standing of  one  another. 

The  exposition  had  provided  many  occasions  when  the  workers  for 
human  uplift  were  brought  together.  The  Congress  of  Religion  was  a 
notable  event.  The  Educational  Congress  and  the  International  Inter- 
Rac'al  fathering  was  an  opportunity  such  as  has  never  been  presented 
to  the  world's  people  to  meet  together,  to  study  together,  and  to  work 
together  for  the  upreach  and  outreach  of  human  kind. 


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AWARDS    AND    PRIZES    GIVEN    ON    PAINTINGS,     DRAWINGS     AND 

CERAMICS  AT  THE  LINCOLN  JUBILEE  AND  HALF-CENTURY 

ANNIVERSARY   EXPOSITION 

August  22  to  Sept.  16,  1915. 

Commercial  Art. 

1st  Honorable  Mention.     Head  Poster M.  A.  Cowdery,  Ohio 

2nd  Honorable  Mention.     Locomotives  (oil) D.  Royston,  Iowa 

Architectural  Rendering. 

1st  Honorable  Mention.     Water  Color Paul  D.  Williams,  Cal. 

Figure    (Oil). 

1st  Honorable  Mention W.  M.  Farrow,  Chicago 

Portrait   (Oil). 

1st  Honorable  Mention  (Group) J.  W.  Hardrick,  Ind. 

1st  Honorable  Mention    (Single  water  color) Tom  Terrell,  Chicago 

1st  Honorable  Mention   (Group  \vater  color) Tom  Terrell,  Chicago 

Landscapes   (Oil). 

1st  Honorable  Mention  (Single)  .  .  . B.  E.  Fountaine,  Chicago 

1st  Honorable  Mention    (Group) B.  E.  Fountaine,   Chicago 

2nd  Honorable  Mention   (Single) G.  W.  Brooks,  Calif. 

Fruit    (Oil). 

1st  Honorable  Mention.  .  .  .- R.  M.  Williams,  Chicago 

2nd  Honorable  Mention Chester  A.  Diggs,  Chicago 

Corn    (Oil). 

1st  Honorable  Mention P..   Chisholm,   Chicago 

Still  Life   (Oil). 

1st  Honorable  Mention.  . W.  M.  Farrow,  Chicago 

2nd  Honorable  Mention G.  W.  Castone,  Chicago 

3rd  Honorable  Mention J.  C.  Stubbs,  Chicago 

Charcoal  Drawing. 

1st  Honorable  Mention Edward  Knox,  Chicago 

Not  in  Competition. 

Henry  Ossawa  Tanner Hors  concours 

William    A.    Harper Deceased 

Lottie  Wilson  Moss Deceased 

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China  Painting. 

1st  Honorable  Mention  (Conventional  hand  painted) 

Margaret  H.  Anderson,  Chicago 
1st  Honorable  Mention   (Naturalistic  decorations) 

Mrs.  Nora  C.  Lee,  Chicago 
2nd  Honorable  Mention    (Naturalistic  decorations) 

Mrs.  Anna  Jefferson,  Chicago 
Judges   of  the  Awards. 

Mr.  William  F.   Tuttle,  Assistant  Secretary,  Art   Institute,  Chicago. 
Mr.  T.  J.  Keane,  Dean,  Art  Institute,  Chicago. 
Miss  Carolyn  Wade,  Instructor  in  Painting,  Art  Institute,  Chicago. 

VI. 
PROGRAMS   AND   ENTERTAINMENTS. 

Aside  from  the  exhibits  the  most  potent  factor  in  drawing  the  splen- 
did attendance  to  the  Exposition,  was  the  character  of  the  entertainment 
given  from  day  to  day  for  the  amusement  and  edification  of  those  present. 

With  few  exceptions  the  evening  entertainment  of  week  days  was 
given  over  to  fraternal  organizations  who  had  been  interested  in  the 
affair  by  Major  R.  R.  Jackson.  The  special  Sunday  programs  for  which 
the  Rev.  Archibald  James  Carey  was  personally  responsible  were  inclined 
to  the  religions  in  character;  and  instead  of  an  admission  fee  a  silver 
offering  was  requested. 

The  different  states  which  interested  and  drew  enthusiastic  crowds 
by  providing  special  programs  were  Michigan,  Indiana,  Ohio,  Kentucky, 
Wisconsin,  Missippi,  Kansas  and  New  York. 

Woman's  Day,  Catholic  Day,  Ex-Slaves'  Day,  Hamilton  Club  Night, 
Labor  Day,  the  Baptist  Convention  and  the  National  Medical  Association 
meeting  interested  many  thousand  in  attendance  at  the  Exposition. 

EVENTFUL   DAYS   AT   THE    LINCOLN   JUBILEE    EXPOSITION. 

Coliseum,  Chicago,  15th  and  Wabash  Avenue. 

Dedicatory  Exercises,   3:00   P.   M August  22 

Health    Sunday     August   22 

Folk  Lore  Musical  Festival,  8:00  P.  M August   22 

"Chicago  Day,"   10:00  A.  M August  23 

Woman's  Day August   24 

Convening  National   Medical  Association August   24 

S.  M.  T.  Day  and  U.  B.  F August   24 

Governor's    Day    August   25 

Grand  Army  of  Republic  Day August   25 

Eighth  Regiment,  I.  N.  G.  Day August   25 

Spanish  War  Veterans August  25 

Michigan  Day August   26 

Benjamin    Bannecker's   Day .August  27 

Negro  Authors August   27 

Hamilton    Club   Night August  27 

Meharry  Day August   27 

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New  York,  Pennsylvania August  28 

Southern  States  Day August  28 

Religious  Congress August  29 

Sunday  School  and  Young  Peoples  Society August  29 

Convention,  I.  B.  P.  O.  of  Elks August   29 

Knight  Templar  Day August   29 

Folk  Lore  Musical  Festival,  8:00  P.  M August   29 

Farmers'  Congress August  30 

Indiana  Day August  30 

Educational  Congress August   31 

Railroad  Day August  31 

Grand  United  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  Day September     1 

Roman  Catholic  Day September     2 

Catholic  Order  of  Foresters  Day September      2 

Presbyterian  Day    September     3 

True  Reformers  Night September     3 

Kentucky  Day September      4 

Congress  of  Anti-Slavery  Workers September      5 

"Peace  Day"   September      5 

Folk  Lore  Musical  Festival,  8:00  P.  M September      5 

Labor  Day September      6 

Industrial  Congress September      7 

Ancient  Order  of  Foresters  Day September      7 

National  Baptist  Day September      8 

Wisconsin  Day    September      9 

Knights  of  Pythias  Day September      9 

Insurance  Day    September      9 

Frederick  Douglas  Day  ( Maryland ) September     9 

Tuskegee  Day September   10 

Mound  Bayou  Day   (Mississippi) September   11 

Methodist  Day September   12 

Folk  Lore  Musical  Festival,  8:00  P.  M September   12 

National  Baptist  Woman's  Day September  13 

Knights  of  Labor  Day September  13 

Kansas,  Missouri,  I.owa  and  Northwest  Day September   13 

Fraternal  Day September   13 

Ohio  Day September   13 

International   Inter-racial  Congress September   14 

Fraternal  Day September   15 

Ancient  United  K.  D.  of  Africa  Day. September   15 

Closing  Day;   Illinois  Day September   16 


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INTERN  A  TIONAL-INTER-RACIAL  WOMAN'S  MEETING  HELD  AT  THE 

COLISEUM  ANNEX 

Tuesday.  September  14th,  1915,  at  2:30  P.  M.      Mrs.  Archibald  J.  Carey, 

Presiding. 

PROGRAM. 

"AMERICA"    Eighth  Regiment  Band 

Invocation — Rt.  Reverend  Samuel  Fallows,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  President 
Illinois  Commission  Half-Century  Celebration. 

"ILLINOIS"    Eighth  Regiment  Band 

Factors  in  the  Promotion  of  International  and  Inter-Racial  Amity: 

a.  Ethical  Teaching  in  the  Public  Schools — -Miss  Gertrude  E.  Eng- 

lish, Dist.  Superintendent,  Chicago  Public  Schools. 

b.  The  Woman's  Club  Movement — Miss  Harriet  E.  Vittum,  Chicago 

Woman's  Club. 

c.  The  Social  Settlement — Miss  Mary  McDowell,  University  of  Chi- 

cago Social  Settlement. 

d.  Miscegenation — Mrs.  Mary  Deatherage,  Afro-Amerrcan  Woman's 

Aid. 
S.OLO Mrs.  Anita  Patti  Brown 

e.  Religion — Mrs.    Hannah    G.    Solomon,    National    Council    Jewish 

Women. 

f.  Christian  Organizations — Mrs.  Daniel  H.  Williams. 

g.  Peace    Conferences — Miss    Emily    Napleralski,    Polish    Women's 

Alliance,  Delegate  to  The  Hague, 
h.      Woman's   Civic    Evolution— Miss    Hallie   Q.    Brown,    Wilberforce 

University,  National  Federation  Colored  Women. 

SOLO Mrs.  Martha  Broadus  Anderson 

i.      The  Press,  The  Stage — Mrs.  Anna  M.  Schaedler,  National  Bureau 

Advancement  Patriotism, 
j.     Personal     Initiative — Miss     Kate     Meade,     Illinois     Chairman,     Irish 

History, 
k.     Unity    of    Language — Mrs.    Lester    D.    Lockwood,    Department    of 

French.  W.  P.  H.  S. 

1.      The  Protection   of  Immigrants — Mrs.   Vittoria   Licci,   Italian   Im- 
migrants Protective  League, 
m.   Protection     from    Mob    Violence — Dr.     Mary     Fitzbutler-Waring, 

Member  Illinois  Commission,  Half-Century  Celebration. 
South  Africa — Miss  Somtunzi. 
Japan — Mrs.  Shimavu. 
Armenia- — Mrs.  Flora  Nahigian. 
Bohemia — Dr.  Marie  Schmidtz. 

"STAR  SPANGLED  BANNER" Eighth   Regiment  Band 

Chicago  Day  and  Illinois  Day  brought  an  attendance  exceeded  only 
by  that  on  the  opening  day. 

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The  entertainments  given  by  the  children  of  the  Louise  Training 
School  for  Boys,  under  the  supervision  of  Mrs.  Elzabeth  McDonald,  super- 
intendent, the  one  given  by  the  Colored  Girls  Glee  Club  of  the  State 
Training  School  for  Girls  of  Geneva,  Illinois,  Mrs.  Carrie  O'Connor,  super- 
intendent; the  one  given  by  the  Illinois  Technical  School  for  Colored 
Girls,  Sister  Stella  supervising;  and  one  by  the  children  of  St.  Benedict 
the  Moor  Convent,  supervised  by  the  sisters  of  Notre  Dame,  were  among 
the  very  interesting  programs  rendered. 

VII. 
DEPARTMENTS. 

The  work  of  the  Celebration  and  Exposition  in  Illinois  was  divided 
into  eight  general  departments  as  follows: 

1.  Department  of  Religion. 

2.  Department  of  Education. 

3.  Department  of  Military  and  Naval  Affairs. 

4.  Department  of  Industry. 

5.  Department  of  Social  Progress. 

6.  Department  of  Fraternal  Organizations. 

7.  Department  of  Athletics. 

8.  Miscellaneous  Department. 

DEPARTMENT    OP    RELIGION. 

The  Department  of  Religion  was  the  first  to  be  organized.  Every 
denomination  in  which  the  Negro  holds  membership  was  efficiently  can- 
vassed with  most  encouraging  result.  The  work  of  the  Department  of 
Religion  was  to  illustrate  the  religious  development  of  the  Negro  in 
each  denomination  represented  in  Illinois  and  the  various  states.  Spe- 
cial emphasis  was  laid  upon  the  spiritual  and  intellectual  progress  in 
Negro  church  life  as  disclosed  by  the  influence  and  variety  of  his  religious 
activity,  in  addition  to  the  number  and  material  value  of  church  property 
and  schools.  To  this  was  added  a  religious  exhibit.  The  services  of  the 
most  prominent  white  and  Negro  members  of  the  'church  and  laity  in  the 
United  States  and  many  foreign  countries  were  enlisted.  The  following 
classification  is  both  unique  and  invaluable. 

DENOMINATIONAL   ROSTER. 

(Each  individual  was  either  an  Honorary  Vice  President  or  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Advisory  Council). 

Baptist    42  Methodist   Episcopal    26 

African  Methodist  Episcopal.  .  .    43  Zion  Afr.  Methodist  Episcopal.  .  19 

Colored  Methodist  Episcopal.  .  .    14  Reformed  Episcopal 7 

Protestant  Episcopal    22  Roman  Catholic 36 

Jewish    2  Universalist 2 

Independent    14  Congregational    16 

Presbyterian    28  Christian    2 

Christian  Science 4  Lutheran    11 

Adventist    3  Bartists     5 

Total   228. 

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DEPARTMENT    OF    EDUCATION. 

The  Department  of  Education  had  the  work  of  combining  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  Negro  people  in  all  the  lower  and  higher  culture  through 
the  Common  Schools,  High  Schools,  Academies,  Colleges  and  Universities. 
The  exhibit  showed  this  progress  concretely.  The  leading  Colleges, 
Schools  and  Seminaries  in  the  United  States  and  Liberia  maintained  for 
Negro  pupils  were  brought  into  touch  with  the  Exposition. 

THE    DEPARTMENT   OF   MILITARY   AND   NAVAL   AFFAIRS. 

The  Department  of  Military  and  Naval  Affairs  demonstrated  the  fact 
of  the  Negro's  participation  in  all  the  wars  of  the  nation  and  the  military 
life  of  the  states.  This  was  emphasized  by  a  collection  of  selected  exhibits 
displaying  the  prominent  part  contributed  by  the  Negro  soldier  and  sailor 
on  land  and  sea  as  an  act  of  defense  and  as  a  support  of  American  insti- 
tution from  early  colonial  times  to  the  present  day. 

THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  INDUSTRY. 

The  Department  of  Industry  illustrated  the  progress  of  the  Negro  in 
all  the  lower  grades  and  avenues  of  employment  to  which  the  Negro  has 
been  admitted  as  a  wage  earner,  together  with  his  development  along  the 
lines  of  independent  and  competitive  business  enterprise,  with  appropriate 
exhibits  in  agriculture,  banking,  insurance,  real  estate,  photography,  cater- 
ing, tonsorial,  grocery  and  similar  business  vocations. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  PROGRESS. 

The  Department  of  Social  Progress  embraced  Negro  advancement  and 
activity  in  the  higher  forms  of  industry  and  culture,  as  inventions,  the 
sciences  and  professions.  Aside  from  a  suitable  exhibit,  representative  of 
the  Negro's  higher  intellectual  and  industrial  life,  a  sociological  congress 
was  held,  during  which  leading  sociologists  of  the  races  were  invited  to 
discuss  and  consider  the  different  phases  of  American  race  relationships. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  FRATERNAL  ORGANIZATIONS. 

In  this  department  a  wealth  of  data  was  gathered  and  wide  publicity 
given  to  the  whole  work  of  the  exposition. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  ATHLETICS. 

The  laurels  won  by  the  Negro  in  the  field  of  athletics  were  exhibited 
by  the  department. 

THE  MISCELLANEOUS  DEPARTMENT. 

The  Miscellaneous  Department  had  charge  of  the  lines  of  Negro  activi- 
ty which  are  not  included  in  the  foregoing  departments,  such  as  women's 
work,  historical  societies,  public  comfort,  exploration,  civics,  philanthropic 
and  benevolent  movements  and  in  addition  to  representative  exhibits,  a 
mothers'  congress  was  held  at  which  leading  female  representatives  discussed 
the  problems  associated  with  the  improvements  of  Negro  home  life. 


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COMPLIMENTARY    LIST. 

1.  Mr.  George  W.  Dixon,  Chairman  of  the  Citizen's  Committee: 

Transportation  to  the  amount  of  $250.00. 

2.  Carson,  Pirie,  Scott  &  Company: 

Linoleum  for  Emergency  Hospital. 

3.  Frank  Betz  &  Company: 

Hospital  furnishings  and  supplies  for  safety  demonstration  of  Madison 
Coal  Company  miners. 

4.  Joseph  H.  Hudlun: 

Seven  large  American  flags  for  decorating  one  office  desk. 

5.  Art  Institute: 

Two  works  of  art  oil, 
Art  critics. 

6.  Carter   H.   Harrison,   Ex-Mayor   of  Chicago: 
Work  of  art,  oil. 

7.  Marshall  Field  &  Company: 

Draperies  for  Art  Gallery. 

Lincoln  Statue. 

Arrangement. 

Critics  on  Needle  Work. 

8.  Otto  Lehmann  of  "The  Fair": 

Five  large  show  cases. 

9.  Howard  Green: 

Three  show  cases. 

10.  Hillman  &  Company: 

Twenty-five  yards  of  material  for  Tag  Day  Bags. 
Use  of  work  and  store  room  for  two  weeks. 


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ILLINOIS    NATIONAL    HALF-CENTURY    EXPOSITION. 

EXPOSITION   HEADQUARTERS. 

128  North  La  Salle  Street, 

Gi 
(opposite  City  Hall), 

Chicago,  U.  S,  A. 
OFFICERS 

President,  Ex-Officio 
Hon.  Edward  F.  Dunne,  Governor  of  Illinois. 

PRESIDENT 

Rt,  Rev.  Samuel  Fallows,  D.  D.,  LL.  D. 

VICE-PRESIDENT 

Hon.  John  Dailey. 

TREASURER. 

Maj.  George  W.  Ford. 

SECRETARY. 

Thomas  Wallace  Swann. 

MEMBERS. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Carey,  Ph    D.,  D    D. 
Hon.  W.   Duff  Piercy. 
Hon.  R.  R.  Jackson. 
Hon.  Medill  McCormick. 
Mrs.  Mary  F.  Waring,  M.  D. 
W.  C.  Niblack,  Chairman, 

General  Finance  Committee. 
Leon  Hornstein,  Chairman, 

Local  Finance  Committee. 
Miss  Annabel  Carey,  Assistant  Secretary. 

Miss  Blossom  A.  Barton,  Stenographer  and  Assistant  Secretary. 
Mr.  James  Hale  Porter,  Chief  Field  Agent. 
Rev.  H.  J.  Buckingham,  B.  A.,  Assistant  to  President. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

The   president,   the   vice-president,    the   treasurer,    Rev.    A     J.   Carey, 
Hon.  John  Dailey,  Major  R.  R.  Jackson. 

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LOCAL,  FINANCE   COMMITTEE. 

Hon.  Leon  Hornstein,  chairman;  Alderman  George  Harding,  Senator 
Francis,  P.  Brady,  Mrs.  L.  Bracket  Bishop,  Dr.  A.  J.  Carey,  Albert  Nowak, 
John  E.  Traeger,  Avery  Coonley,  George  W.  Dixon. 

COMMISSION    APPOINTED    BY    MAYOR    CARTER    H.    HARRISON    TO 
REPRESENT  THE  CITY  OF  CHICAGO. 

Alderman  George  P.  Harding.  Alderman  F.  Gazzolo,  Alderman  P.  J. 
Carr,  Alderman  H.  L.  Pitte,  Alderman  V.  J.  Schaeffer,  Alderman  Hugh 
Norris,  James  Hale  Porter,  Oscar  De  Priest,  A.  H.  Roberts,  Rev.  E.  J. 
Fisher. 

COMMISSION  APPOINTED  BY  PRESIDENT  McCORMICK,  OF  THE 
COOK  COUNTY   (ILL.)    BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS. 

Commissioner  Albert  Nowak.  Commissioner  Bartley  Burg,  Commis- 
sioner Daniel  Harris,  Commissioner  Avery  Coonley,  Commissioner  John 
J.  Gard,  Lawrence  A.  Newby,  S.  B.  Turner,  Joanna  Snowden  Porter. 

DEPARTMENTS. 
RELIGIOUS  DEPARTMENT. 

Chairman,  Bishop  William  D.  Chappelle,  1208  Harden  street,  Colum- 
bia, S.  C. 

Rev.  L.  G.  Jordan,  Chairman  Bureau  of  Christian  Mission,  624  S. 
18th  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mrs.  P.  C.  Cooper,  Vice-Chairman  Bureau  of  Christian  Missions,  Lin- 
coln, 111. 

DEPARTMENT    OF    SOCIAL   PROGRESS. 

Mrs.  Theresa  G.  Macon,  Chairman,  506  W.  56th  Street,  Chicago. 
Y.  W.  C.  A.  Bureau,  Mrs.  Emma  S.  Ransom,  New  York  City. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Bureau,  Mr.  L.  W.  Tucker,  Chicago. 

Bureau  of  Literature,  Mrs.  Fannie  B.  Williams,  4203  St.  Lawrence 
Avenue. 

DEPARTMENT   OF    INDUSTRY. 

Major  R.  R.  Jackson,  Temporary  Chairman,  3441  State  Street,  Chi- 
cago. 

Mrs.  Eva  T.  Jenifer,  Vice-Chairman,   3430  Vernon  Avenue,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lindsay  Davis,  Assistant  Chairman,  3226  Prairie 
Avenue. 

BUREAU  OF  CHINA  PAINTING. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Anderson,  Head,  Chicago. 

BUREAU  OF  INSURANCE   AND  BANKING. 

Mr.  J.  Harold  White,  Chairman,  1905  E.  Jackson  Street,  Spring- 
field, 111. 

George  H.  White,  People's  Saving  Bank,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Sylvanus  H.  Hart,  of  S.  H.  Hart,  Son  &  Co.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

R.  R.  Church,  Jr.,  Solvent  Trust  Co.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

J.  W.  Francis,  Bank  of  Mound  Bayou,  Mound  Bayou,  Miss. 

Dr.  L.  K.  Atwood,  Southern  Bank,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Dr.  W.  R.  Pettiford.  American  Penny  Savings  &  Loan  Co.,  Birming- 
ham. 

Hon.  John  Mitchell,   Jr.,   Mechanics'   Bank,   Richmond,   Va. 

Dr.  Eugene  Mason,  Prudential  Savings  Bank,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Mrs    Maggie  Walker,  St.  Luke's  Bank,  Richmond,   Va. 

Hon.  J.  C.  Napier,  2225  Fourth  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

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MISCELLANEOUS  DEPARTMENT. 

Mrs    Sarah  F.  Sheppard,  Chairman,  1209  Second  Street,  Peoria,  111. 

BUREAU    OF   DENTISTRY. 

Dr.  T    R.  Mozee,  D.  D.  S.,  Chicago. 

DEPARTMENT.   OF    MILITARY    AFFAIRS. 

• 

Col,  John  R.  Marshall,  Chairman. 
Lieut.  Louis  B.  Anderson,   Chicago. 
Capt.  Daniel  H.  Williams,  Chicago. 
Major  Otis  B.  Duncan,  Springfield,  Capitol  Building. 
Capt.  W.  H.  Freeman,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Capt.  R.  A.  Byrd  (Quincy,  111.),  Springfield,  111.,  Enterprise  Sav- 
ings Bank. 

Capt.  Clinton  Hill,  Chicago. 

Capt.  Arthur  Williams,  Metropolis. 

Lieut.  William  S.  Conway,  Peoria,  111. 

Lieut.  Thomas  R.  Thompson,  Springfield,  111. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  ATHLETICS. 

Mr.  C.  Bruce  Ford,  Chairman. 

DEPARTMENT    OF    EDUCATION. 

Prof.  Benjamin  F.  Allen,  Chairman,  Lincoln  Institute,  Jefferson  City, 
Mo. 

Dr.  Mary  F.  Waring,  Vice-Chairman,  4529  Vincennes  Avenue,  Chi- 
cago. 

Prof.  Richard  H.  Cole,  Head  High  School  Bureau,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Miss  Mary  E.  Minnis,  Head  Common  School  Bureau,  Cairo,  111. 

DEPARTMENT  OF  FRATERNAL  ORGANIZATIONS. 

Major  Robert  R.  Jackson,  Chairman. 

Mr.  Richard  E.  Moore,  Vice-Chairman,  3265  Vernon  Avenue,  P.  O. 
Box  10. 

Dr.  Allen  A.  Wesley,  3100  S.  State. 

Robert  H.   Hardin,   143  N.  Wabash  Avenue. 

Dr.  M.  R.  Bibbs,  2900  S.  State  Street. 

Mr.  George  T.  Kersey,  6908  Cornell  Avenue. 

Mr.  L.  E.  Finney,  428  Seventh  Street,  Cairo,  111. 

Rev.  E.  C.  .Cole,  1307  E.  Capitol  Avenue,  Springfield,  111. 

Mrs.  C.  A.  Curl,  3523  Vernon  Avenue. 

Mrs.   Hattie  Chavis,   3560  Vernon   Avenue. 

Mrs.  A.  J.  Jones,  636  S.  Fayette  Street,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Mr.  Alexander  A.  Martin,  1200  Cedar  Street,  Cairo,  111. 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  Hatcher,  5321  Dearborn  Street. 

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PUBLICITY  COMMITTEE. 

S.  B.  Turner,  Chairman,  publisher  "Illinois  Idea,"  Chicago. 
Fred  R.  Moore,  publisher  "The  Age,"  New  York,  N.  Y. 
John  Mitchell,  Jr.,  editor  "The  Planet,"  Richmond,  Va. 
W.  Calvin  Chase,  Publisher  "The  Bee,"  Washington,  D.  C. 
Rev.    R.   E.   Jones,   editor   "Southwestern    Christian    Advocate,"   New 
Orleans. 

Chris.  J.  Perry,  publisher  "The  Tribune,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

J.  D.  Osby,  "The  Forum,"  Springfield,   111. 

Mrs. -Eloise  Bibb  Thompson,  "The  Times,"  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

C.  C.  Wilson,  "The  Baptist  Truth,"  Cairo,  111. 

Rev.  George  C.  Clement,  "The  Star  of  Zion,"  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Henry  Allen  Boyd,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

A.  N.  Fields,  Chicago. 

R.  W.  Thompson,  Washington,  D.  C. 

N.  B.  Dodson,  American  Press  Association. 

Prof.  R.  R.  Wright,  Jr.,  "The  Christian  Recorder,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

HONORARY  VICE-PRESIDENTS 
A 

Miss  Jane  Addams,  Hull  House,  Chicago. 

Benjamin  F.  Allen,  Ph.  D.,  president  Lincoln  Institute,  Jefferson 
City,  Mo. 

Bishop  J.  W.  Alstork,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

Rt.  Rev.  Charles  P.  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
Chicago. 

Hon.  Charles  W.  Anderson,  collector  internal  revenue,  New  York  City. 

Bishop  William  F.  Anderson,  D.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Cincir-^ti,  Ohio. 

Major  William  T.  Anderson,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 

Hon.  Henry  Andrus,  State  senator,  Rockford,  111. 

Mr.  Walter  B.   Anderson,  Chicago. 

Mr.  George  A.  Arthur,  Chicago. 

Thomas  Allen,   Jacksonville,   111. 

Mrs.  B.  R.  Ashford,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Mr.  E.  T.  Atwell,  Tuskegee  Institute,  Ala. 

Dillard  Artis,  Marion,  Ind. 

Henry  J.  Allen,   Baton  Rouge,  La. 

David  Ballen,  Newport,  R.  I. 

W.  T.  Andrews,  Sumter,  S.  C. 

Dr.  W.  E.  Atkins,  Hampton,  Va. 

Rev.  A.  Anseeuw,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Mansure,  La. 

B 

Bishop  George  L.   Blackwell,  D.   D.,  LL.   D.,   A.   M     B.   Zion  Church, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hon.  M.  B.  Bailey,  State  senator,  Danville,  111. 
Hon.  Simeon  E.  Baldwin,  governor  of  Connecticut. 
Hon.  Richard  J.  Barr,  State  senator,  Joliet,  111. 

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Bishop  J.  W.  Bashford,  D.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Peking, 

China. 

Hon.  R.  P.  Bass,  governor  of  New  Hampshire. 
Rev.   William   E.   Barton,   D.    D.,   First   Congregational   Church,    Oak 

Park,  111. 

Mrs.  L.  Bracket  Bishop,  Chicago. 
Hon.  Francis  P.  Brady,  State  senator,  Chicago. 
Prof.  J.  W.  E.  Bowen,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  Gammon  Theological  Seminary, 

Atlanta,   Ga. 

Rev.  M.  P.  Boynton,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Chicago. 
Hon.  William  O.  Bradley,  United  States  senator,  Kentucky. 
Mr.  John  J.  Brennan,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Hon.  Theodore  Brentano,  judge  superior  court,  Chicago. 
Hon.  Fred  A.  Britten,  M.  C.,  ninth  Illinois?  district,  Chicago. 
Rev.  Aaron  Brown,  D.  D.,  secretary  V.  C.  fi.  U.  Zion  Church,  Pensa- 

•cola,  Fla. 

Hon.  Edward  Osgood  Brown,  judge  appellate  court,  Chicago. 
Miss  Hallie  Q.  Brown,  professor  Wilber/ tree  University,  Wilberforce, 

Ohio. 

Rev.  John  P.  Brushingham,  D.  D.,  M.  W.  Church,  Chicago. 
Hon.  Frank  Buchanan,  M.  C.,  seventh   Illinois  district,  Chicago. 
Bishop  M.  F.  Burke,  Catholic  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
Bishop  William  Burt,  D.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Hon.  Frank  M.  Byrne,  governor  of  fouth  Dakota. 
Mrs.  Pauline  Mars-Baxter,  Newark,  N.   J. 
Hon.  Louis  A.  Bryan,  Gary,  Ind. 
Hon.    Francis   C.    Blair,    State    Superintendent   of   Public    Instruction, 

Springfield. 

Mr.  J.  T.  Brewington,  Jr.,  Chicago. 
Dr.  J.  E.  Bell,  Pine  Bluff,  Ark. 
William  J.  Brown,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 
Mr.  C.  H.  Barber,  Springfield,  111. 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Barton.  Springfield,  111. 
Mrs.  I.  M.  Bayliss.  Nfvw  Orleans,  La. 
T.  W.  Burton,  M.  D..  Springfield,  0. 

E.  D.  Brown,  Wewoka,  Okla. 

F.  P.  Bronson,  Rentiesville,  Okla. 
Dr.  Robt.  T.  Burt..  Clarksville,  Tenn. 
Arthur  Banks,  Towns^nd,  Va. 

A.  F.  Brooks    Roanoke,  ^7a. 

Capt.  J.   H.  Blodgett,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Rt.  Rev.  W    E.  Burke,  D.  D..  Roman  Catholic  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 


Andrew  Carnegie,  of  New  YOTK 

James  L.  Curtis,  Esq.,  New  Yorn,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  W.  Calvin  Chase,  publisher  "The  Bee,"  Washington,  D.  C. 

Miss  Susan  B.  Cook.  Howard  Place,  Washington,  D    C. 

J.  A.  Cotter,  Esq.,  Chicago. 

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Mrs    Coralie  Franklin  Cook,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hon.  John  M.  Chamberlain,  mayor,  East  St.   Louis,  111. 

Rev.  J.  C.  Caldwell,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Bishop  J.  S.  Caldwell,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Phiadolphia,  Pa. 

Hon.  Stephen  D.  Canaday,  State  senator,  Hillsboro,  111. 
3t.   Rev.   J.  F.   R.    Canevin,   Roman   Catholic   Church,   D.   D.,    Pitts- 
burgh,  Pa. 

,\!r.  Thomas  H.  Cannon,  high  chief  ranger  Catholic  Order  Foresters, 
Chicago. 

Vlon.  Joseph  M.  Carey,  governor  of  Wyoming. 

Mr.  Joseph  P.  Carmy,  city  treasurer,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dr.  Julia  Pearl  Hughes,  Coleman,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  John  Clarke,   Bridgeport,  Conn. 

'W.  H.  Caster,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

R  W.  Cooper,  Dawson,  Ga. 

F.  R.  Cabell,  Jr.,  Madisonville,  Ky. 

C.  W.  Custis,  Hartford,  Conn. 

Mrs.  Thomas  H.  Cox,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Dr.  H.  W.  Conrad,  Guthrie,  Okla. 

Prof.  C.  W.  Cansler.  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Chas.  L.  Carter,  Norfolk,  Va. 

Dr.  E.  T.  Connor,  Clifton  Forge,  Va. 

Dr.  G.  W.  Cabaniss,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Joseph  P.  Carney,  City  Treasurer,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Rev.  Ed.  Cleary,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Davis  Carey,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Lorenzo  D.  Case,  D.  D.,  Universalist  Church,  Chicago. 

Hon.  T.  B.  Catron,  United  States  senator,  New  Mexico. 

Bishop  William  D.  Chappelle,  D.  D..  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Columbia,  S.  C 

Rt.  Rev.  Charles  Edward  Cheney,  D.  D.,  Reformed  Episcopal  Church, 
Chicago. 

Hon.  William  E.  Chilton,  United  States  senator,  West  Virginia. 

Hon.  Moses  E.  Clapp,  United  States  senator,  Minnesota. 

Rev.  Francis  E.  Clark,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  president  United  Society,  Chris- 
tian Endeavor,  Boston,  Mas?. 

Rev.  George  C.  Clement,  D.  D..  editor  Star  of  Zion,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Bishop  George  W.  Clinton,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church, 
Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Mr.  Melvin  E.  Coleman.  Associated  Press,  Chicago. 

Prof.  Nathan  W.  Collier,  A.  M.,  Florida  Baptist  Academy,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 

Bishop  James  M.  Connor,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Rev.  William  D.  Cook,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Bishop  Levi  J.  Coppin,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Philadel- 
phia. Pa. 

C.  C.  Copeland,  Libertyville,  111. 

Hon.  Willett  H.  Cornwall,  State  senator,  Chicago. 

Bishop  E.  Cottrell,  D.  D.,  C.  M.  E.  Church,  Holly  Springs,  Miss. 

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Bishop  Earl  Cranson,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Josiah  Cratty,  Esq.,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Coe  I.  Crawford,  United  States  senator,  South  Dakota. 

Prof.  W.  H.  Crogman,  LL.  D.,  Clark  University,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Hon.  Shelby  M.  Cullom,  resident  commissioner,  Lincoln  Memorial 
Committee. 

Hon.  Albert  M.  Cummins,  United  States  senator,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Hon.  Edward  C.  Curtis,  State  senator,  Grant  Park,  111. 

Dr.  A.  M.  Curtis,  Washington.  D.  C. 

Col.  Harry  Cutler,  F.  L.  Inf.,  R.  I.  M.,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Rev.  Forrest  E.  Dager,  D.  D.,  Reformed  Episcopal  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

D 

Mrs.  Edward  F.  Dunne,  Springfield,  111. 

Hon.  Charles  G.  Dawes,  president  Central  Trust  Company,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Charles  S.  Deneen,  ex-governor  of  Illinois,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Charles  S.  Deneen,  Chicago. 

Samuel  Danziger,   editor  "The  Public,"  Chicago. 

Mr.  W    W.  Doyle,  Chicago. 

Mrs.   Bertha  Williams  Doyle,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Lewis  H.  Douglas,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Charles  R.  Douglas,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Clarence  S.  Darrow,  Esq.,  Chicago. 

Rev.   Pleasant  H.   Doswell,  Danville,  Va. 

Mr.  F.  Dunlap,  Esq.,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Dr.  James  H.  Dillard,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Mr.  George  Duncan,  Jj1.,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Clara  J.  Dailey,  Peoria,  111. 

Col.  Jasper  T.  Darling,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Lindsay  Davis,  national  organizer,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Chi- 
cago. 

Rev.  Ozora  S.  Davis,  D.  D.,  president  Chicago  Theological  Seminary, 
Chicago. 

Col.  F.  A.  Dennison,  8th  Regt.  I.  N.  G.,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Humphrey  J.  Desmond,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Mrs.   Inez  Rodgers  Deach,  Past-President  Hull  House,   Chicago. 

Gen.   Frank  S.  Dickson.  adjutant  general,  Springfield,   111. 

Hon.  William  P.  Dillingham,  United  States  senator,  Vermont. 

Dr.  W.  T.  Dinwiddie,  dentist,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Miss  Roberta  J.  Dunbar,  recording  secretary,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I. 

Very  Rev.  P.  H.  Durnin,  Roman  Catholic  Church.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Rev.  N.  P.  Dennis,  S.  S.  J..  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Baltimore,  Md 

Mrs.  M.  C.  Dumas,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Miss  Julia  Edith  Duff,  Normal,  111. 

C.  H.  Douelas,  Esq.,  Macon    Ga. 

John  Di'ckerson,  Fso.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

S.  M.  Dillard,  Ardmore,  Okla. 

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E 

Hon.  Adolph  O.  Eberhart,  governor  of  Minnesota. 

Mrs.  Ella  Smith,  Wilmnigton,  Del. 

Very  Rev.  J.  Engelbrink,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Opelousas,  La. 

Very  Rev.  J.  Engbaint,  Opelousas,  La. 

Hon.  Samuel  A.  Ettelson,  State  senator,  Chicago. 


Mrs.  Lucy  B.  Fallows,  Chicago. 

J.  M.  Frierson,  Houston,  Tex. 

Hon.  Woodbridge  N.  Ferris,  governor  of  Michigan. 

Rev.   E.  J.   Fisher.  D.  D.,  Chicago. 

Bishop  Joseph  S.  Flipper,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Hon.  Joseph  Benson  Foraker,  ex-United  States  senator,  Ohio. 

Hon.  A.  Cameron  Forbes,  ex-governor  general  Philippine  Islands. 

Mrs.  Hattie  E.  Ford,  Riverton,  111. 

Hon.  Edward  J.  Forst,  State  senator,  Chicago. 

Hon.  H.  Robert  Fowler,  M.  C.,  twenty-fourth  Illinois  district,  Eliza- 

bethtown,  111. 

Hon.  N.  Elmo  Franklin,  State  senator,  Lexington,  111. 
Hon.  W.  F.  Frear,  governor  of  Hawaii. 

G 

His  Eminence,  James,  Cardinal  Gibbons,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Hon.   D.  Clarence  Gibboney,   Philadelphia,   Pa. 

Charles  S.   Gibbs,  Esq.,   Springfield,  111. 

R.  Grief,   Martin,  Tenn. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Greene,  Chicago. 

Rev.  F.  L.  Gassier,  V.  G.,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Rev.  Paul  Griffith,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Washington.  D.  C. 

Hon.  Thomas  Gallagher,  M.  C.,  eighth  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 

Col.  John  J.  Garrity,  2d  Inf.,  I.  N.  G.,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Edward  J.  Glackin,  State  senator,  Chicago 

M.  F.  Girten,  Esq.,  president  American  Federation  Catholic  Societies. 

Hon.  F.  A.  Garesche,  State  representative,  Madison,  111. 

Mrs.  lone  Gibbs,  vice-president  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

W.  H.  Goler,  D.  D..  L.L.  D.,  president  Livingston  College,  Salisbury, 

N.  C. 

Hon.  Al.  F.  Gorman,  State  senator,  Chicago. 
Hon.  George  E.  Gorman,  M.  C.,  third  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 
Rev.  James  M.  Gray,  D.  D.,  Reformed  Episcopal  Church,  Chicago. 
Hon.  John  H.  Gray,  State  senator,  Morrison,  111. 
Hon.  Richard  Theodore  Greener,  L.L.  D.,  Chicago. 
Rev.  Frank  W    Gunsaulus,  D.  D.,  Armour  Institute,  Chicago. 

H 

Hon.  John  M.  Haines,  governor  of  Idaho. 
Hon.  H.  D.  Hatfield,  governor  of  West  Virginia. 

Prof.   Charles  R.   Henderson,   D.   D.,   L.L.   D.,  University  of  Chicago, 
Chicago. 

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Hon.  W.  H.  Hinebough,  M.  C.,  twelfth  Illinois  district,  Ottawa. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Hammond,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Dennis  J.  Haggerty,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Thos.  H.  Hayes,  Memphis,  Tenn. 

C.    O.   Hunter,   Columbia,   Tenn. 

Mr.  I.  C.  Harris,  Chicago. 

Mr.  J.  Walter  Hodge,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Dr.   S.   W.  Harrison,  Ft.   Smith,  Ark. 

Jas.  E.  Hamlin,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 
— .  W.  Hughes,  Tulsa,  Okla. 

W.  H.  Hackett,  Troup,  Tex. 

R.  C.  Houston,  Fort  Worth,  Tex. 

Prof.  J.  W.  Hughes,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Walter  P.  Hall,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

A.  C.  Howard,  Philadelphia. 

Prof.  W.  H.  Holtzclaw,  Utica,  Miss. 

Dr.  George  Cleveland  Hall,  physician,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Theodocia  J.  Hall,  Chicago. 

Hon.  John  R.  Hamilton,  State  senator,  Mattoon,   111. 

J.  H.  W.  Howard,  journalist,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Bishop  John  W.  Hamilton,  D.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Bos- 
ton, Mass. 

Bishop  C.  R.  Harris,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Salisbury,  N.  C. 

Hon.  George  W.  Harris,   State  senator,  Chicago. 

Rev.  William  I.  Haven,  D.  D.,  secretary  American  Bible  Society,  New 
York  City. 

Dr.  J.  R.  Hawkins,  financial  secretary  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Hon.  James  H.  Hawley.  ex-governor  of  Idaho,  Boise,  Idaho. 

Prof.  George  E.  Haynes,  Fisk  University,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Bishop  Wm.  H.  Heard,  Monrovia,  Liberia. 

Hon.  Campbell  S.  Hearn,  State  senator,  Quincy,  111. 

George  Edward  Henderson,  Blackdom,  N.  M. 

Mrs.  Lucy  H.  Henderson,  Blackdom,  N.  M. 

Bishop  Theodore  S.   Henderson,   D.   D.,   M.   E.   Church,   Chattanooga, 

Mrs.  Charles  Henrotin,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Emil  G.  Hirsch.  D.  D.,  Sinai  Congregation,  Chicago. 

Hon.  George  H.  Hodges,  governor  of  Kansas. 

Bishop  L.  H.  Holsey,  D.  D.,  C.  M.  E.  Church,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

John  Hope,  Ph.  D.,  president  Morehouse  College,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Hon.  Maclay  Hoyne,  State's  attorney,  Chicago- 

Hon.  Robert  S.  Hudspeth,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Bishop  Edwin  Holt  Hughes,  D.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  San 
Francisco. 

Hon.  George  H.  M.  Hunt,  governor  of  Arizona. 

Rev.  Wm.  E.  Huntington,  D.  D.,  L.L,  D.,  Newton  Center,  Mass. 

Hon.  C.  F.  Hurburgh,  State  Senator,  Galesburg,  111. 


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Hon.  F.  A.  Hurley,  State  senator,  Chicago. 

Bishop  John  Hurst,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Baltimore,  Md. 

I 

G.  P.  Inge,  Charlottesville,  Va. 

J 
Mrs.  Ida  Joyce  Jackson,  treasurer  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Columbus,  Ohio. 

M.  J.  Jones,  Boley,  Okla. 

Rev.  W.  C.  Jason,  Dover,  Del. 

Frank  H.  Johnson,  Riverside,  Cal. 

Thomas  J.  Jackson,  Anniston,  Ala. 

R.  N.  Johnson,  Esq.,  Chicago. 

B.  J.  Jones,  Lake  City,  Fla. 

Dr.  J.  T.  Jeter,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

Dr.  R.  E.  Jones,  Richmond,  Va. 

Bishop  J.  Albert  Johnson,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hon.   Niels  Juul,   State  senator,   Chicago. 

Rev.   J.   Simpson,  D.   D.,  financial  secretary,   A.   M.   E.   Zion  Church. 

Mrs.   Eva  Jenifer,  parliamentarian,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Chicago. 

Rev.  John  T.  Jenifer,  D.  D.,  historian,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  R.  R.  Jackson,  Chicago. 

Bishop  Joshua  H.  Jones,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 

Rev.  S.  B.  Jones,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Peoria,  111. 

Hon.  Walter  Clyde  Jones,  State  senator,  Chicago. 

Rev.  L.  G.  Jordan,  D.  D.,  secretary  Baptist  Missions,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hon.  Henry  Lincoln  Johnson,  recorder  of  deeds,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd  Jones,  D.  D.,  L.  L.  D..  Abraham  Lincoln  Center, 
Chicago. 

Dr.  Algernon  Brashear  Jackson,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mr.   A.  W.   Knight,   Chicago  Heights.    111. 

Mr.  Patrick  Henry  Jacobs,  Hammonton,  N.  J. 

Miss  M.  Gertrude  Jackson,  Chicago. 

K 

Hon.  H.  H.  Kohlsaat,  editor  Inter-Ocean,  Chicago. 

Hon.  William  S.  Kenyon,  United  States  senator,  Iowa. 

Miss  Edwina  B.  Kruse,  Wilmington.  111. 

Mr.  Gustave  Keller,  high  treasurer  Catholic  Order  Foresters,  Apple- 
ton,  Wis. 

Hon.  Kent  E.  Keller.  State  senator,  Alva,  111. 

Rt.  Rev.  James  L.  Koudelka,  D.  D.,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Supe- 
rior. Wis. 

Rev.  L.  W.  Kvles.  D.  D.,  editor  Zion  Quarterly  Review,  Mobile,  Ala. 

James  E.  Kefford.  Waterbury,  Conn. 

fJ.  W.  KeiiPhaw.  Horatio,  S.  C. 

Rev.  Joseph  F.  Kroha.  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Elkhart  Lake,  Wis. 

L 

Mrs.  Victor  F.  Lawson,  Chicago. 

Col.  Frank  O.  Lowden,  former  representative,  Illinois,  Oregon,  111. 

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Rev.  Dr.  Joseph  S.  La  Boule,  D.  D.,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 

Rev.  P.  0.  Lebeau,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  New  Orleans,  La. 

E.  C.  Lamb,  Hopkinsville,  Ky. 

J.  R.  Levy,  M.  D.,  Florence,  S.  C. 

Hon.  F.  A.  Landee,  State  senator,  Moline,  111. 

Hon.  Luke  Lea,  United  States  senator,  Tennessee. 

Rev.  M.  D.  Lee,  D.  D.,  general  secretary  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Rock 
Hill,  S.  C. 

Bishop  Frederick  D.  Leete,  D.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Hon.  James  H.  Lewis,  United  States  senator,  Illinois. 

Hon.  Ernest  Lister,  governor  of  Washington. 

Rev.  J.  I.  Lowe,  D.  D.,  business  manager  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Bishop  B.  F.  Lee,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 

Carey  B.  Lewis,  Journalist,  Chicago. 

J.  Gray  Lucas,  Esq.,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Jessie  Slater  Lee,  Springfield,  111. 

Bishop  NaR'hthali  Lucccck,  D.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Hel- 
ena, Mont. 

Hon.  Carl  Lundberg,  State  senator,  Chicago. 

M 

Bishop  William  F.  McDowell,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 
Very  Rev.   Justin   McCarthy,   D.   D.,   Roman    Catholic   Church,   Balti- 
more, Md. 

Frank  Mallory,  Jacksonville,  111. 
Edward  Mallory,  Jocksonville,  111, 

F.  B.  McKinney,  Waterbury,  Conn. 
Anthony  McCarthy,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Dr.  Charles  A.  Martin.  Muncie,  Ind. 
F.  W.  Mosley,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Geo.   H.   Mitchell,   Greensboro.   N.   C. 
E.  E.  McDaniel,  McAlester,  Okla. 
John  R.  McBeth,  Eufaula.   Okla. 
Major  R.  R.  Moten,  Hampton,  Va. 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Bustill  Mossell,   Philadelphia,   Pa. 
A.  E.  Manning,  publisher  "The  World,"  Indianapois,  Ind. 
Dr.  Henry  McKee  Minton,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Mr.  Joseph  D.  Mahoney,  Avery  College,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 
Hon.  James  McAndrews,  M.  C.,  sixth  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 
Col.   Nathan  William   MacChesney,   attorney  at  law,   Chicago. 
Hon.  William  H.   Maclean,   State  senator,   Chicago. 
Hon.  Martin  B.  Madden,  M.  C.,  first  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 
Hon.  Hugh  S.  Magill,  State  senator.  Princeton,  111. 
Charles  A.  Mair,   Chicago. 

Hon.  James  R.  Mann,  M.  C.,  second  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 
Col.  John  R.  Marshall,  Illinois  National  Guard.  Chicago. 
Rev.  Hubbard  Henry  Maynard,   A.  M.,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa. 

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Rev.  Cleland  B.  McAfee,  D.  D.,  Chicago. 

Bishop  Francis  J.  McConnell,  D.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Denver,  Colo. 

Mrs.  Ruth  Hanna  McCormick,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  McCoy,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Rev.  N.  J.  McCracken,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Springfield,  111. 

,Rev.  J.  Frank  McDonald,  D.  D.,  editor  Western  Christian  Record, 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Mr.  Tomas  F.  McDonald,  high  secretary,  Catholic  Order  Foresters, 
Chicago. 

Dr.  Samuel  McDonald,  Bushnell,  111. 

Mrs.  C.  R.  McDowell,  auditor,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Hannibal,  Mo. 

Miss  Mary  McDowell,  U.  of  C.  Settlement,  Chicago. 

Bishop  Robert  Mclntyre,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
Oklahoma. 

Hon.  John  McKenzie,  State  senator,  Elizabeth,  111. 

Hon.  Raymond  D.  Meeker,  State  senator,  Sullivan,  111. 

Prof.  Charles  E.  Merriam,  University  of  Chicago,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Charles  R.  Miller,  governor  of  Delaware. 

Prof.  Kelly  Miller,  clean  of  arts  and  sciences.  Howard  University. 

Duse  Mohamed,  editor  Oriental  News,  London,  Eng. 

Bishop  David  H.  Moore,  D.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 

Dean  L.  B.  Moore,  Ph.  D.,  Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Ira  Nelson  Morris,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Daniel  H.  Murray,  Assistant  Librarian,  Congressional  Library, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Rev.  Johnston  Myers,  D.  D.,  Immanuel  Baptist  Church,  Chicago. 

Dr.  Theo.  R.  Mozee,  dentist,  Chicago. 

N 

Hon.  Charles  Nagle,  ex-Secretary  of  War,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Hugh  Norris,  alderman,  Chicago. 

Dr.  Ida  Gray  Nelson,  D.  D.  S.,  Chicago. 

Isaac  G.  Nutter,  Esq.,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 

W.   H.   Noble,  Galveston,  Tex. 

Hon.  J.  Thomas  Newsome,  Newport  News,  Va. 

Hon.  J.  C.  Napier,  former  Register  United  States  Treasury,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

Bishop  John  L.  Nuelsen,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
Zurich. 

0 

Rt.   Rev.   Edward  W.   Osborne,   D.   D..   Protestant  Episcopal   Church, 

Springfield,  111. 

Rev.  Thos.  M.  O'Keefe,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  New  York  City. 
James  L.  O'DonnelL  Esq.,  Bloomington,  111. 
J.  B.  Osby,  Springfield,  111. 
Mr.  Sumner  H.  Lark,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Anthony  Overton,  Manufacturer,  Chicago. 
G.  D.  Olden,  Topeka,  Kan. 
G.  W.  Obee,  Omaha,  Neb. 

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Hon.  John  M.  O'Connor,  State  senator,  Chicago. 

Hon.  John  G.  Ogiesby,  former  lieutenant  governor,  Illinois,  Elkhart, 

111. 

Hon.  Frank  T.   O'Hair,  M.  C.,  eighteenth  Illinois  district,   Paris,   111. 
Hon.  W.  J.  Onahan,  Chicago. 
Rt.  Rev.  D.  J.  O'Connell,  D.  D.,  Roman  Catholis  Church,  Richmond, 

Va. 

P 

Hon.  Boies  Penrose,  United  States  senator,  Pennsylvania. 
Hon.  Miles  Poindexter,  United  States  senator,  Washington. 
Hon.  Carroll  S.  Page,  United  States  senator,  Vermont. 
C.  W.  Posey,  Esq.,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Wm.  M.  Porter,  Cincinnati,  0. 
H.  H.  Pace,  Atlanta.  Ga. 
H.  T.  Pratt,  Baltimore,  Md. 
F.   D.   Patterson,  Greenfield,   O. 
Philmore  R.  Purnell,  Providence,  R.  I. 

Hon.  C.  J.  Perry,  publisher  "The  Tribune,"  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Mr.  Charles  W.  Pierce.  Chicago. 
Mr.  M.  W.  Ponder,  Chicago. 

Hon.  John  B.  Peterson,  M.  C.,  Crown  Point,  Ind. 
Mrs.  Caroline  H.  Pemberton,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Mrs.  Cordelia  Pendleton,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Bishop  C.  H.  Phillips,  D.  D.,  C.  M.  E.  Church,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Mrs.  W.  Duff  Piercy,  Mount  Vernon,  111. 

Hon.  Louis  F.  Post,  Assistant  Secretary  Labor,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Commodore  James  A.  Pugh,  Chicago. 

Hon.  C.  A.  Purdunn,  former  manager  Illinois  State  Reformatory, 
Marshall,  111. 

Q 

Bishop  William  Quayle,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
Hon.   James  A.   Quinn,   Chicago. 

R 

Mrs.  Josephine  St.  Pierre  Ruffin,  Boston,  Mass. 

Rt.  Rev.  Jos.  Richter,  D.  D.,  Bishop  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

Rt.  Rev.  P.  J.  Rhode,  D.  D.,  Bishop  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 

Jas.  Riley,  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

Hon.  Magnus  L.  Robinson.  Alexandria,  Va. 

Mr.  Hcurn  Rhodea,  Springfield,  111. 

Dr.  S.  D.  Redmond,  Jockson,  Miss. 

John  M.  Royal,  Esq.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Wm.   Marion  Reedy,   publisher   "The  Mirror,"   St.   Louis,   Mo. 

Hon.  Andrew  Russell,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Cornelius  Richardson,  Richmond,  Ind. 

Rt.  Rev.  James  Rainer,  D.  D.,  rector  St.  Francis  (Catholic)  Semin- 
ary. 

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Rev.  J.  W.  Rankin,  D.  D.,  secretary  missions,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  New 
York  City. 

Rev.  R.  C.  Ransom,  D.  D.,  editor  A.  M.  E.  Church  Review,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Dr.  C.  V.  Roman,  physician,  Nashville.  Tenn. 

Rt.  Rev.  Robert  L.  Rudolph,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  Reformed  Episcopal 
Church,  New  York. 

S 

Hon.  David  E.  Shanahan,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Hon.   Emmett  J.   Scott,  Tuskegee  Institute,  Ala. 

Rev.  C.  Schaaf,  O.  F.  M.,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Rev.  Joseph  A.  Shorter,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  Leavenworth,  Kan. 

John  F.  Scanlan,  Chicago,  111. 

Hon.  Louis  G.  Stevenson,  Bloomington,  111. 

Dr.  A.  W.  String,  DuMaine,  111. 

Frank  Parker  Stockbridge,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Dr.  William  A.  Sinclair,  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  David  Spencer,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Mr.  Sherman  Spencer,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Mr.  John  Spencer,  Grinnell,  la. 

Mr.  Harvey  Spencer,  Mason  City,  la. 

Mr.   Horace   Spencer,   Washington,   la. 

L.  H.  Stewart,  Evansville,  Ind. 

J.  W.  Simmons,  Coweata,  Okla. 

Wm.  M.  Scott,  Lawton,  Okla. 

R.  W.  Smith,  M.  D.,  Wagoner,  Okla. 

R.  E.  Stewart,  Muskogee,  Okla. 

J.  H.  Stevens,  Okmulgee,  Okla. 

H.  W.  Scott,  Dallas,  Tex. 

Hon.  Adolph  J.  Sabath,  M.  C.,  fifth  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 

President  William  S.  Scarborough,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  Wilberforce  Uni- 
University,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 

Bishop  Isaiah  B.  Scott,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  Monrovia,  Li- 
beria. 

Bishop  C.  T.  Shaffer,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Rev.  John  Balcom  Shaw,  D.  D.,  Presbyterian  Church,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal. 

L.  B.  Shepard,  Esq.,  Madison,  Wis. 

Bishop  William  O.  Shepard,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  Kansas. 

Hon.  Lawrence  Y.  Sherman,  United  States  senator,  Illinois. 

Hon.  Benjamin  F.  Shively,  United  States  senator,  Indiana. 

Gen.  Robert  Smalls,  Beaufort,  S.  C. 

Mrs.  Annie  Bustill  Smith,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Bishop  Charles  S.  Smith,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Detroit,  Mich. 

Bishop  Charles  W.  Smith,  D.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Hon.  Thomas  Sterling,  United  States  senator,  South  Dakota. 

Hon.  Adlai  E.  Stevenson,  former  Vice-President  United  States  Bloom- 
ington, 111. 

Mrs.  Frances  E.  Still,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

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Mrs.  Mamie  E.  Stewart,  recording  secretary,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Louisville, 

Ky. 
Bishop   C.   W.   Stewart,   D.    D.,   Colored   M.   E.   Church,   Birmingham, 

Ala. 

Rev.  H.  E.  Stewart,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Evanston,  111. 
Rev.  T.  G.  Steward,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 
Rabhi  Joseph  Stolz,  D.  D.,  Chicago. 
Rev.    John    Timothy    Stone,    D.    D.,    pastor    of    Fourth    Presbyterian 

Church,  Chicago. 
Hon.  William  Sulzer,  New  York. 

T 

Bishop  Henry  M.  Turner,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Dr.  W.  A.  Tunnell,  Howard  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Pedro  T.  Tinsley,  Chicago. 

J.  Edward  Thompson,  Springfield,  Ills. 

Watt  Terry,  Esq.,  Brockton,  Mass. 

James  C.  Thomas,  Esq.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Watt  Terry,  Esq.,  Brockton,  Mass. 

James  C.  Thomas,  Esq.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Bishop  J.  N.  Thoburn,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
Meadville,  Pa. 

Bishop  Wilbur  P.  Thirkield,  D.  D.,  L.L.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  New  Or- 
leans, La. 

Hon.  Charles  M.  Thompson,  M.  C.,  tenth  Illinois  district,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Edward  Thomson,  D.  D.,  general  secretary  Sunday  League  of 
America,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Hon.  F.  Jeff  Tossey,  State  senator,  Toledo,  Ohio. 

Bishop  Evans  Tyree,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Talbert.  chairman  executive  board  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Buffalo, 
N.  Y. 

U 

Mr.   Frederic  W.   Upham,   president  Consumers  Co.,   Chicago. 
Rev.  C.  R.  Uncles,  D.  D.,  Epiphany  Apostolic  College,  Baltimore. 

V 

Hon.   F.  A.  Van  Valkenburg,   Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Samuel  H.  Vick,  Wilson,  N.  C. 

W 

Hon.  John  Wanamaker,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Bishop  Alexander  Walters,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  New  York 

City. 

Mrs.  Booker  T.  Washington,  Tuskegee  Institute,  Tuskegee,  Ala. 
Rev.  J.  Milton  Waldron,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Edward  T.  Ware,  Ph.  D.,  pesident  Atlanta  University,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Bishop  A.  J.  Warner,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
Prof.  Edgar  H.  Webster,  D.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  Atlanta  University,  Atlnata, 

Ga. 

Rev.  L.  J.  Welbers,  S.  S.  J.,  San  Antonio,  Tex. 
Hon.  Oswald  West,  governor,  Oregon. 

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Bishop  R.  S.  Williams,  D.  D.,  C.  M.  E.  Church,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Dr.  Daniel  H.  Williams,  physician,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Edwin  Sidney  Williams,  D.  D.,  Congregational  Church,  New  York 
City. 

Bishop  Luther  B.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
New  York  City. 

Rev.  Joseph  D.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Reformed  Episcopal  Church,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Wood,  D.  D.,  secretary  missions,  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Hon.  D.  T.  Woodard,  State  senator,  Benton,  111. 

Hon.  J.  T.  Womack,  State  senator,  Equality,  111. 

Rev.  L.  J.  Welters,  S.  S.  J.,  Roman  Catholic  Church,  San  Antonio, 
Tex. 

G.  Grant  Williams,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

F.  C.  Windham,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

C.  M.  C.  Willis,  Indianapolis,  N.  C. 

Rev.  Douglas  Williston,  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 

J.  E.  Whitfield,  Tallahassee,  Okla. 

J.  T.  Walton,  M.  D.,  San  Antonio,  Tex. 

N.  E.  Williams,  Elderville,  Tex. 

F.  L.  Woodard,  Navasota,  Tex. 

Elmer  J.  Williams,  Sherman,  Tex. 

Dr.  B.  F.  White,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

M.  F.  Whittico,  Keystone,  W.  Va. 

Mrs.  Neeton  A.  Williams,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  Ida  Jones  Walker,  Decorator,  Chicago. 

Mr.  James  R.  Wilson,  Danville,  Va. 

Mrs.  Josephine  Turpin  Washington,  Montgomery,   Ala. 

Hon.  Ewing  Winslow,  Boston,  Mass. 

Y 

Mrs.  Ella  Flagg  Young,  superintendent  public  instruction,  Chicago. 
Maj.  Charles  Young,  U.  S.  A.,  Monrovia,  Liberia. 
Lieut.  W.  H.  York,  military  attache,  Monrovia,  Liberia. 


ADVISORY  COUNCIL. 

A 

Dr.  Phillip  J.  Allston,  chemist,  Boston,  Mass. 

Dr.  Hiram  E.  Archer,  Ph.  D.,  Payne  University,  Selma,  Ala. 

Hon.  John  A.  Atwood,  State  representative,  Stillman  Valley,  111. 

Mr.  Julius  N.  Avendorph,  Chicago. 

Dr.  Matthew  Anderson,  president  Berean  M.  T.  School,  Philadelphia, 

Pa. 
Dr.  Caroline  V.  Anderson,  M.  D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

B 

Prof.  W.  E.  Du  Bois,  editor  Crisis,  New  York  City. 

Hon.  George  B.  Baker,  State  representative,  Golconda,  111. 

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Hon.  Edward  Barker,   State  representative,  McLeansboro,  111. 

Hon.  Robert  Barren,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Ernest  A.  Bell,  D.  D.,  Midnight  Mission,  Chicago. 

Rev.  John  H.  Bell,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 

Rev.  I.  W.  Bess,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Osceola,  Iowa. 

Mrs.  Charles  H.  Betts,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Anna  W.  Blackwell,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Hon.  Joseph  C.  Blaha,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Miss  Sarah  A.  Blocker,  Jacksonville,  Pla. 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Bowman,  Chicago. 

Rev.  A.  Boyd,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Moline,  111. 

Mrs.  Florence  C.  Bruce,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  John  Edward  Bruce,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Hon.  Randolph  Boyd,  State  representative,  Galva,  111. 

Hon.  Thomas  A.   Boyer,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  D.  W.  Brown,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Washington,  Iowa. 

Rev.  P.  James  Bryant,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  I.  M.  Burgan,  D.  D..  president  Paul  Quinn,  Waco,  Tex. 

Mrs.  C.  L.  Burgess,  Chicago. 

Hon.  W.  F.  Burres,  M.  D.,  State  representative. 

Miss   Nannie   H.    Burroughs,    director   Young   Women's   Work,   N.   A, 
C.  W. 

Dr.  H.  R.  Butler,  physician,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mrs.  S.  S.  Butler,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

C 

Mr.  George  William  Cook,  A.  M.,  LL.  M.,  secretary,  Howard  Univer- 
sity. 

Rev.  Martin  C.  Cady,  D.D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Wm.  A.  Creditt,  D.  D.,  Sherry  Street  Baptist  Church,  Philadel- 
phia,   Pa. 

Hon.  Thomas  Campbell,  State  representative,  Rock  Island,  111. 

Hon.  Charles  H.  Carmon,  State  representative,  Forrest,  III. 

Rev.  E.  R.  Carter,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Carwardine,  D.D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Franklin  S.  Catlin,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Cato,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Elgin,  111. 

Mr.  R.  M.  Caver,  secretary  National  Baptist  Ben.  Association,  Little 
Rock,  Ark. 

Mr.  A.  W.  Claphan,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Mrs.  Belle  Wood  Claphan,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Prof.  Lewis  S.  Clark,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D.,  president  Knox  Institute,  Athens. 
Ga. 

Hon.  Maurice  J.  Clark,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Ed.  Cleary,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Dr.    Bernard   J.    Cigrand,   dentist,   national   president   American   Flag 
Day  Association. 

Hon.  Charles  F.  Clyne,  State  representative,  Aurora,  111. 

Rev.  A.  J.  Cobb,  D.  D.,  editor  Christian  Index,  C.  M.  E.  Church,  Jack- 
son,  Tenn. 

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Rev.  E.  C.  Cole,  D.  D.,  Springfield,  111. 

James  Herald  Coleman,  Blackdom,  N.  M. 

Hon.  John  Coleman,  State  representative,  Rochelle,  111. 

Rev.  L.  E.  Christy,  D.  D.,  Springfield,  111. 

Dr.  Eugene  G.  Covington,  physician,  Bloomington,  111. 

Mrs.  Annie  J.  Cooper,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mrs.  John  W.  Cromwell,  Washington,  D,  C. 

Mrs.  L.  W.  Cummins,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Charles  Curren,  State  representative,  Mound  City. 

Mrs.  A.  M.  Curtis,  Washington,  D.  C. 

D 

Thos.  C.  Day,  Esq.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Mrs.  Katherine  H.  Day,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Mrs.  Julia  Duncan,   Springfield,  111. 

Mrs.  Inez  Rodgers  Deach,  past  president  Hull  House  Assn.,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Augusta  I.  Deal,  Riverton,  111. 

Dr.  John  Deal,  physician,  Riverton,  111. 

Rev.  H.  H.  DeWitt,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Mrs.  M.  L.  Dinglespiel,  Chicago. 

Mr.  N.  B.  Dodson,  American  Press  Association,  New  York  City. 

Mrs.   T.   C.    Dorroh,   children's   department,   N.    A.    C.   W.,   Jackson- 

ville,  Fla. 

Rev.  T.  F.  Dornblaser,  D.  D.,  Lutheran  Church,  Chicago. 
Mrs.  I.  N.  Dunlap,  Chicago. 
Very  Rev.  P.  H.  Durnin,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Rt.  Rev.  P.  J.  Donohue,  Roman  Catholic  bishop,  Wheeling,  W.  Va 
Hon.  E.  M.  Duvall,  State  representative,  Lewiston,  111. 

E 

Hon.  R.  H.  Elliott,  State  representative,  Monmouth,  111. 
Hon.  N.  B.  Elliott,  State  representative,  Williamsfield,  111. 
Hon.  George  W.  Elis,  attorney  at  law,  Chicago. 
Rev.  P.  S.  Erwin,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Des  Moines,  la. 
Hon.  James  M.  Etherton,  State  representative,  Carbondale,  111. 

F 

Charles  S.  Fallows,  Esq.,  New  York  City. 

Hon.  Edwin  T.  Farrar,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Ferribee,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Glencoe,  111. 

Prof.  W.  W.  Fisher,  Evanston,  111. 

Hon.  George  Fitch,  State  representative,  Pecria,  111. 

Mr.  Bernard  W.  Fitts,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Norman  G.  Flagg,  State  representative,  Moro,  111. 

Hon.  Charles  W.  Fleming,  State  representative,  Danville,  111. 

Rev.  Durant  Ford,  Seventh  Day  Advent  Church,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Henry  A.  Foster,  State  representative,  Fairbury,  111. 

Dr.  W.  A.  Fountain,  president  Morris  Brown  College,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mr.  W.  T.  Francis,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

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Mr.   Frank  D.   Fulton^   attorney   general,   Chicago   &  North  Weslera 

Railroad,   Chicago. 
Mrs.  G.  G.  Funk,  Chicago. 
Dr.  Sumner  A.  Furniss,  Indianapolis.  Ind. 

G 

Rev.  F.  L.  Gassier,  V.  G.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Hon.  J.  D.  Glasgow,  mayor,  Washington,  Ik. 
Hon.  E.  D.  Green,  ex-State  representative,  Chicago. 
Rev.  M.  I.  Gordan,  D.  D.,  Ottawa,  la. 

Hon.  Thomas  N.  Gorman,  State  representative,  Peoria,  111. 
Mrs.  Belle  Graves,  Evanston. 

Hon.  Charles  S.  Graves,  State  representative,  Evanston,  111. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Griffin,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 
Rev.   Sutton  E.   Griggs,  D.   D.,   secretary  educational  board,   Baptist 

Church,  Memphis. 
Hon.  John  Gorman,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

H 

Bishop  Jos.  C.  Hartzell,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  M.  E.  Church,  Rhodesia,  Africa. 
Rev.  R.  H.  Hackley,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 
Mrs.   Sadie  Black  Hamilton,  N.  A.  C.  W.,   Pittsburgh,   Pa. 
Mr.  C.  A.  W.  Hasselrris,  president  Danish  American  Association,  Chi- 
cago. 

Mr.  Frank  L.  Hatch,  Springfield,  111. 

Bishop,  Wm.  H.  Heard,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Monrovia,  Liberia. 
Hon.  Michael  F.  Henneby,  State  representative,  Wilmington,  111. 
Mrs.  Martha  Hicklin,  Springfield,  111. 
Rev.  James  Higgins,  D.  D.,  Chicago. 
Mrs.  James  Higgins,  Chicago. 
Prof.   C.  Walter  Hill,   Atlanta,   Ga. 

Rev.  George  Hoagland,  D.  D.,  Christian  Church,  Bloomington,  111. 
Hon.  William  P.  Holoday,  State  representative,  Danville,  111. 
Hon.  T.  A.  Hollister,  State  representative,  Freeport,  111. 
Rev.  Solomon  Porter  Hood,  D.  D.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Hon.  R.  D.  Hunt,  State  representative,  DeKalb,  111. 
Miss  Charlotte  E.  Hunter,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hon.  Charles  G.  Hutchinson,  State  representative,  Chicago. 
Hon.  Leon  Hornstein,  assistant  corporation  counsel,  Chicago. 

I 

Hon.  Michael  G.  Igoe,  State  representative,  Chicago. 
Rev.  E.  W.  D.  Isaac,  D.  D.,  national  secretary,  B.  Y.  P.  U.,  Nashville, 
Tenn. 

J 

Mrs.  Joshua  H.  Jones,  Wilberforce,  Ohio. 

Mrs.  E.  B.  Jackson,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  rescue  department,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Mr.  George  H.  Jackson,  attorney  at  law,  Chicago. 

Rev.  C.  Lee  Jefferson,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jiles,  Chicago. 

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Rev.  A.  L.  Johnson,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Sioux  City,  Iowa. 

George  H.  Johnston,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Rev.  H.  E.  Johnson,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Chicago,  Waukegan,  111. 

K 

Col.  Charles  R.  E.  Koch,  past  adjutant  general  G.  A.  R.,  Evanston, 

111. 

Hon.  Charles  A.  Karch,  State  representative,  Belleville,  111. 
Mr.  Samuel  J.  J.  Kellogg,  Washington,  Iowa. 
Hon.  Edward  J.  King,  State  representative,  Galesburg,   111. 
Mrs.  Georgia  Swift  King,  president  W.  C.  F.  N.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Hon.  R.  D.  Kirkpatrick,  State  representative,  Benton,  111. 
Mrs    Thelka  S.  Kjellber,   Chicago. 
Mr.  George  L.  Knox,  editor  Freeman,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

L 

Hon.  Geo.  A.  Lawrence,  Galesburg,  111. 

Mrs.  David  Rudolph  Lawrence,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Buchanan  Lewis,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Lewis,  principal  Sumner  High  School,  Cairo,  111. 

Rev.  T.  W.  Lewis,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Chicago. 

Mr.  Alain  LeRoy  Locke,  Camden,  N.  J. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Lough,  Chicago. 

Rev.   William   B.   Lowery,  D.   D.,   A.   M.   E.   Church,   Mount  Pleasant, 

Iowa. 
Hon.  T.  E.  Lyon,  State  representative.  Springfield. 

M 

Hon.  William  McKinley,  Speaker,  House  of  Representatives,  Illinois. 

Mrs.  M.  C.  B.  Mason,  temperance  department,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio. 

Dr.  M.  A.  Majors,  physician,  Chicago. 

Rev.  E.  J.  Martin,  D.  D.,  general  officer  C.  M.  E.  Church,  Jackson, 
Tenn. 

Rev.  E.  T.  Martin,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Harriett  Gibbs  Marshall,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Hon.  Joseph  M.  Mason,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Si  Mayer,  alderman,  Chicago. 

Hon.  William   R.  McCabe.  State  representative,  Lockport,  111. 

Rev.  F.  A.  McCoo,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church.  Chicago. 

Mr.  A.  R.  Miller,  editor  The  Democrat,  Washington,  Iowa. 

Mr.  John  W.  Monroe,  grand  master  U.   B.  F.,  Quincy,  111. 

Mr.  John  F.  Moreland.  national  secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Charlotte, 
N.  C. 

Mr.  F.  D.  Motts,  Washington.  Iowa. 

Mr.  Frederick  R.  Moore,  editor  New  York  Age,  New  York  City. 

Hon.  William  W.  McCormick.  State  representative,  Emden,  111. 

Hon.  John  P.  McGoorty,  judge  circuit  'court,  Chicago. 

Rev.  J.  T.  Merrett,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church.  Racine,  Wis. 

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Mr.  George  Miller,  corner  Charles  and  Mount  Royal,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Hon.  Ezra  E.  Miller,  State  representative,  Naperville,   111. 

Hon.  Benjamin  M.  Mitchell,  state  representative,  Chicago. 

Mr.  Richard  E.  Moore,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Frank  W.  Morrasy,  State  representative,  Sheffield,  111. 

Hon.  J.  L.  Morriss,  State  representative,  Springfield,  111. 

Mrs.  Anna  E.  Murray,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Rev.  B.  N.  Murrell,  D.  D.,  Baptist  Church,  Peoria,  III. 

Hon.  L.  B.  McWilliams.  State  representative,  East  St.  Louis,  111 

N 

Mrs.  J.  C.  Napier,  educational  department,  N.  A.  C.  W.,  Washington, 
D.   C. 

0 

Hon.  Barratt  O'Hara,  Lieut.  Gov.,  111. 

Dr.  A.  J.  Ochsner,  physician,  Chicago. 

Hon.  J.  J.  O'Rourke,  State  representative,  Harvey,  111. 

Rev.  L.  H.  Owens,  A.  M.  E.,  Fairfield,  Iowa. 


Hon.  Albert  H.  Putney,  State  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Rev.  H.  J.  Parker,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Buxton,  Iowa. 

Mr.  F.  D.  Patterson,  Greenfield,  Ohio. 

Rev.  Francis  J.  Peterson,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Peterson,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Beloit,  Wis. 

Mrs  E.  V.  Poindexter,  Chicago. 

Hon.  E.   F.  Poorman,  State  representative,  Mattoon,  111. 

Rev.  Robert  L.  Pope,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Denver,  Colo. 

Hon.  Walter  M.  Provine,  State  representative,  Taylorville,  111. 

Q 
C.  C.  Quale,  M.  D.,  Chicago. 

R 

Hon.  John  M.  Rapp,  State  representative;  Fairfield,  111. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  A.  Reed,  A.  M.,  L.  H.  D.,  Chicago. 

Hon.  William  Riddle,  mayor  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 

Hon.  Walter  E.  Rinehart,  State  representative,  Effingham,  111. 

Mrs.  Minnie  E.  Roach,  Chicago. 

Rev    John  W.  Robinson,  D.  D.,  Chicago. 

Hor    Fred  B.  Roos,  State  representative,  Forest  Park,  111. 

Hoi..  Isaac  S.  Rothschild.  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Hon.  William  Rowe,  State  representative,  Saybrook,  111. 

Hon.  Frank  J.  Ryan,  State  representative.  Chicago. 

S 

Hon.  Jonn  S.  Schnepp,  mayor,  Springfield,  111. 

Rev.  \V.  A.  Searcy,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Monmouth,  111. 

Hon.  Harry  S.  Shaver,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Henry  A.  Shepard,  State  representative,  Jerseyville,  111. 

Hon.  R.  E.  Sherman,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

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Hon.  Edward  D.  Shurtleff,  State  representative,  Marengo,  111. 

Hon.  S.  Elmer  Simpson,  State  representative,  Carrollton,  111. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Sims,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Keokuk,  Iowa. 

Hon.  Edward  J.  Smejkal,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  W.  R.  Sawhill,  D.  D.,  pastor  Second  Presbyterian  Church,  Wash- 
ington, Iowa. 

rJcn.  Harry  C.  Smith,  editor,  The  Gazette,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Hoti    Frank  J.  Snite,  State  representative.  Chicago. 

Rev    &.  W.  Stansberry,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

Rev.  \Villiam  H.  Stark,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Bedford,  Iowa. 

Dr.   George  W.  Stoney,  physician,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Rev.  T.  B.  Stovall,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

T 

Mrs.  George  W.  Sublett,  Chicago. 

Rev.  Wm.  Tracy,  D.  D  ,  Reformed  Episcopal  Church,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Rev    B.  W.  Taylor,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E-  Church,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Hon    John  H.  Taylor,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Rev.  R.  Thomas,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Kewanee,  111. 

Hon.  H    C.  Thompson,  State  representative,  Piper  City,  111. 

Mr.  John  L.  Thompson,  editor,  Iowa  Bystander,  Des  Moines. 

Mr.  Noah  D.  Thompson,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Mr.  P.  P.  Thompson,  Jacksonville,  111. 

Hon.  Homer  J.  Tice,  State  representative,  Greenview,  111. 

Mrs.   B.  A.  Townsend,  Chicago. 

Hon.  C.  J.  Tucker,  State  representative,  Decatur,  111. 

Mrs.  Laura  J.  Turner,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Mr.  S.  B.  Turner,  editor,  Illinois  Idea,  Chicago. 

Mr.  Zach  Twyman,  Moaipouth,  111. 

W 

Mrs.  Edwin  Sidney  Williams,  New  York  City. 

Mrs.  Maggie  Walker,  St.  Luke's  Bank,  Richmond,  Va. 

Rev.  Thomas  W.  Wallace.  D.  D..  East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Mrs.  Leigh  H.  Wallace,  Washington  National  Bank,  Washington, 
Iowa. 

ffon.   S.  A.  T.  Watkins,  assistant  corporation  counsel,   Chicago. 

Mr.  Lester  A.  Walton,  managing  editor  The  Age,  New  York  City. 

Mr.  Charles  Ward,  secretary  La  Salle  Street  National  Bank.  Chicago. 

Hon.  James  A.  Watson,  State  representative,  Elizabeth  Town,  111. 

Mrs.  Cecelia  Webb,  Evanston,  111. 

Hon.  Joseph  A.  Weber,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Everett  L.  Wert.  State  representative,  Oquawka,  111. 

Mrs.  Olive  Black  Whealand.  Riverton,  111. 

Rev.  Abel  M.  White,  D.  D.,  Universalist  Church,  Chicago. 

Rev.  John  A.  White,  D.  D.,  member  New  Jersey  Emancipation  Com- 
mission. 

Hon.  Francis  E.  Williamson,  State  representative,  Urbana,  111. 

Mrs.  Mary  T.  Williams,  Chicago. 

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Mrs.  Marion  B.  Wilkinson,  Orangeburg.  S.  C  . 

Rev.  J.  S.  Woods,  D.  D.,  A.  M.  E.  Church,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dr.  A.  Wilberforce  Williams,  physician,  Chicago. 

Hon.  George  H.  Wilson,  State  representative,  Chicago. 

Hon.  Charles  L.  Wood,  State  representative,  Bluford,  No.   2,  111. 

Mr.  J.  G.  Wray,  attorney  at  law.  Chicago. 

Mr.  William  F.  Wright,  Evanston,  111. 


DELEGATES  TO  ILLINOIS  EXPOSITION  APPOINTED  BY  GOVERNORS 
OF   AMERICAN   STATES. 

ARIZONA. 
Miss  Fannie  Alexander,  Bisbee. 

Mr.  Alvin   Booth,   Globe.  Mr.  Cicero  C.  Simmons,  Tucspn. 

Mrs.  Alvin  Booth,  Globe.  Mr.  Frank  Shirley,  Phoenix. 

Rev.  Edward  Jones,  Douglas.  Mrs.  T.  U.  Branch,  Douglas. 

Rev.  J.   R.   Rector,  Douglas.  Mr.  Charles  Phillips,  Tucson. 

Mr.   J.   E.   Walton,   Phoenix.  Mr.  Paul  Green,  Phoenix. 

COLORADO. 

Rev.  James  Washington,  Denver. 

Mr.   O.  T.  Jackson,  Masters.  Mrs.    Jennie    Henderson,    Colorado 

Mr.  Arthur  Newsome,  Akron.  Springs. 

Dr.  D.  A.  Grant,  Colorado  Springs.      Mr.  George  Collier,  Wiggins. 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Ross,  Denver.  Mr.  H.  L.  James,  Leadville. 

Mrs.  Clara  B.  Franklin,  Masters.  D^.  R.  A.  Henderson,  Pueblo. 

IOWA. 

Mr.  R.  N.  Hyde,  Des  Moines.  Mr.  John  A.  Spencer,  Grinnell. 

Mr.  George  Woodson,  Albia.  Mr    .Al.  Walker,  Marshalltown. 

Mr.   S.  Joe  Brown,   Des  Moines.  Mrs.  Ruth  Bright,  Davenport. 

Capt.   W.    H.    Milligan,   Cedar  Mrs.  J.  B.  Rish,  Des  Moines. 

Rapids.  Mrs.  Wells  Fowler,  Ottumwa. 
Mr.  John  L.  Thompson,  Des  Moines. 

KANSAS. 

Hon.  W.  I.  Jameson,  Topeka.  Dr.  W.  H.  Hudson,  Atchison. 

Judge  I.  F.  Bradley,  Kansas  City.  Hon.  W.  L.  Sayers,  Hill  City. 

Dr.  D.  L.  Stewart,  Nicodemus.  Miss  Lula  B.  Harris,  Topeka. 

Mr.  J.  S.  Groves,  Edwardsville.  Mrs.   G.   G.   Brown.  Wichita. 

Pres.  H.  T.  Kealing,  Quindaro.  Mrs.  W.  I.  Jameson,  Topeka. 

KENTUCKY. 

Mr.  John  W.  Hayes,   Henderson. 

Mr.  P.  W.  Williams,  Frankfort.  Mr.  John  B.  Caulder,  Lexington. 

Mr.  W.  S.  Coleman,  Bowling  Green.      Mr.  J.  S.  Estill,  Mt.  Sterling. 
Mr.  J.  H.  Garvin,  Winchester.  Mr.  J.  D.  M.  Russell,  Richmond. 

Mr.  W.  H.  Wright,  Louisville.  Mr.  Edward  E.  Murrell,  Danville. 

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LOUISIANA. 

Dr.  L.  T.  Burbage,  New  Orleans.  Mrs.  Ella  Hurst,  New  Orleans 

Prof.  J.  B.  La  Fargue,  Alexandria.  Mr.  Robert  E.  Jones,  New  Orleans 

Dr.  M.  R.  Dixon,  New  Orleans.  Prof.  J.  R.  Reynolds,  Baldwin. 

Mrs.  F.  J.  Gaudet,  New  Orleans.  Mr.  V.  P.  Thomas,  New  Orleans. 

Rev.  A.  Hubbs,  New  Orleans.  Mrs.  S.  F.  Williams,  New  Orleans. 

MICHIGAN. 

Mr.   Thomas  Jefferson,  Grand   Rapids. 
Mrs.  Adela  Pendleton,  Grand  Mr.  C.   A.  Warren,   Lansing. 

Rapids.  Mr.  Oscar  W.  Baker,  Bay  City. 

Mrs.   Grace   Sims,   Grand   Rapids.  Rev.  S    Henri  Browne,  Grand 

Rev.   Louis   Pettiford,    Kalamazoo.  Rapids. 

Mrs    Henry  William,  Kalamazoo.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  McCoy,  Detroit. 

Mr.  Francis  H.  Warren,  Detroit.  Mrs.  Charles  Spencer  Smith,  De- 

Mr.  Wilmot  A.  Johnson,  Lansing.  troit. 

Mr.  W.  R.  Roberts,  Lansing. 

MINNESOTA. 

Mr.  Jordan  M.  Morris,  Minneapolis.  Mr.  George  B.  Kelly,  Duluth. 

Hon.   Wm.   R.   Morris,   Minneapolis.  Mr.  John  Q.  Adams,  St.  Paul. 

Hon.  Brown  S.  Smith,  Minneapolis.  Hon.  William  T.   Francis,  St.  Paul. 

Mrs.  John  M.,  Allison,  Minneapolis.  Mrs.  Richard  Chapman,  St.  Paul. 

Mrs.    Chas.     H.     Robinson,     Minne-  Mr.  William  F.  Williams,  St.  Paul, 
apolis. 

OHIO. 

Miss  Hallie  Q.   Brown,  Wilberforce. 

Mr.  Ida  Joyce  Jackson,  Columbus.         Mr.   Phillip   Bush,   Lima. 
Miss  Dora  Johnson,  Norwalk.  Mr.  W.  E.  Clemens,  Dayton. 

Mr.  Ollie  Gregory,  Springfield.  Mr.  J.  W.  White,  Steubenville. 

Mr.   Albert  Smith,   Cncinnati.  Mrs.  Hattie  Price,   Cleveland. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Mrs.  Hattie  P.  Jacobson,  Oklahoma  City. 
Mrs.  Matie  Myers,  Poeter,  Okmul-        Mr.   S.   D.   Russell,   Taft. 

gee.  Mr.  E.  E.  McDaniels,  McAlester. 

Mrs.  Lavinia  B.  Sneed,  Guthrie.  Mr.  G.  A.  Kenyon,  Ardmore. 

Mr.  Wm.  Harrison,  Oklahoma  City.      Mr.   E.   E.   Hall,   Hennessey. 
Mr.  W.  E.  Day,  Muskogee. 

OREGON. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Merriman,   Portland. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Logan,  Portland.  Mr.   C.   H.   Maxwell,   Salem. 

Mr.  Edwd.  W.  Rptherford,  Portland.      Mr.  O.  L.  Lynthecom,  Salem. 
Mr.  A.  Ballard,  Portland.  Mrs.  W.   D.   Allen,   Portland. 

Mr.  E.  Richardson,  Portland.  Mrs.  V.  E.  Keene,  Portland. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Mr.  Carl  W.  Bolliver,  Philadelphia.      Mrs.   Mollie  Durham   Randolph, 
Mrs.  Marguerite  Dutriueille,  Phila-  Pittsburg. 

delphia.  Mr.  W.  Justin  Carter,  Harrisburg. 

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Mr.  John  S.  Hicks,  Erie.  Dr.  George  W.  Bowels,  York. 

Mr.  William  M.  Stanton,  Pittsburg.  Mrs.  Ella  Gladman,  West  Chester. 

Mr.  James  M.   Auter,   Harrisburg.  Mr.  C.  J.  Perry,  Philadelphia. 

NEW  MEXICO. 

Rev.  A.  Richard,  Albuquerque.  Mr.  George  W.  White,  Roswell. 

Mrs.  A.  Richard,  Albuquerque.  Mr.  George  Williams,  Silver  City. 

Mr.   John    Spurlock,    Raton.  Mr.   Joseph  Marable,  Las  Vegas. 

Mrs.   John   Spurlock,   Raton.  Mr.  John  W.  Hughes,  Las  Cruces. 

Dr.  James  Dennis,  Albuquerque.  Mr.  William  Vaughn,  Santa  Fe. 

TEXAS. 

Mr.  D.  Abner,  Jr.,  Conroe.  Mr.  J.  R.  Gibson,  Galveston. 

Mr.  W.   L.  Dixon,  Gilmer.  Mr.  N.  Q.  Henderson,  Houston. 

Mr.   R.   S.   Lovingood,   Austin.  Mr.  H.  B.  Pemberton,  Marshall. 

Mr.  M.  W.  Dogan,  Marshall.  Mr.  R.  L.  Smith,  Waco. 

Mr.  C.  H.  Maxon,  Marshall.  Mr.  J.  W.  McKinney,  Sherman. 

WEST   VIRGINIA. 

Dr.  R.  L.  Gordon,  Thurmond.  Mrs.  C.  H.  James,  Charleston. 

Mr.  James  E.  Ellis,  Oak  Hill.  Mrs.  J.  M.  Hazelwood,  Charleston. 

Dr.  C.  C.  Barnett,  Huntington.  Mrs.  William  Turner,  Wheeling. 

Prof.  J.  W.  Scott,  Huntington.  Mr.  N.  T.  Whittico,  Keystone. 

Prof.  J.  T.  Jefferson,  Parkersburg.  Dr.  H.  P.  Stillyard,  Wheeling. 

Dr.  J.  W.  Sheelcroft,  Parkersburg.  Mrs.  A.  G.  Froe,  Welch. 

WISCONSIN. 

Mrs.  T.  C.  Clark,  Milwaukee.  Mr.  G.  H.  DeRees,  Milwaukee. 

Mrs.  R.  B.  Montgomery,  Milwaukee.  Mr.  J.  D.  Cook,  Milwaukee. 

Mrs.  Oscar  Horton,  Milwaukee.  Prof.  G.  W.  Murphy,  Milwaukee. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Woods,  Milwaukee.  Mr.  S.  R.  Banks,  Madison. 

Rev.  G.  J.  Fox,  Milwaukee.  Mr.  William  Miller,  Madison. 
Dr.  A.  S.  Herron,  Milwaukee. 

WYOMING. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Waring,  Cheyenne.  Mr.  J.  T.  Muse,  Cheyenne. 

Mr.  N.  I.  Smith,  Cheyenne.  Rev.  W.  S.  Hall,  Laramie. 

Mr.  Willie  Benjamin,  Cheyenne.  Rev.  A.  J.  Dillingsly,  Evanston. 

Mrs.  W.  M.  Redd,  Cheyenne.  Mr.  H.  E.  Jefferson,  Cheyenne. 

Miss  S.  K.  Thistle,  Cheyenne.  Rev.  C.  O.  Smith,  Cheyenne. 


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